Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 15:04:42 +0100 From: David Demelier <demelier.david@gmail.com> To: Alexandre <axelbsd@ymail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Change firefox/thunderbird open dialog application Message-ID: <4D1B3FFA.9070302@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikGwc3V8sY_hT-RurCHoW_jaZbX6m=hL9UKcZGC@mail.gmail.com> References: <4D1B1217.7020909@gmail.com> <AANLkTikGwc3V8sY_hT-RurCHoW_jaZbX6m=hL9UKcZGC@mail.gmail.com>
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On 29/12/2010 13:04, Alexandre wrote: > On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 11:48 AM, David Demelier > <demelier.david@gmail.com <mailto:demelier.david@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Hello, > > When you download a file with firefox or thunderbird you'll get this > window : http://ompldr.org/vNnJxag > > But I would like to switch the application to use for a certain > mimetype like Text file should use leafpad, http link firefox and so on. > > I do not really like to browse to the pointed binary since you > cannot be sure it will works if you put your configuration on a > system where binaries are not in the same place and you cannot add > additional flags neither. > > I never found anywhere where you can edit these settings, > > Kind regards, > > -- > David Demelier > > In the Firefox preferences, there is an 'Application' menu where you can > associate the application with mimetype. But it's the same thing, it opens a dialog window to search a full binary path. On ubuntu and other desktop aim distributions, these action are associated to .desktop files I think. They may have been set globally within GNOME or KDE maybe. -- David Demelier
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