On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 12:56:04PM -0500, Angus D Madden wrote:
> I need to find a good graphical file manager for my family pc. I am
> aware of two choices: gmc and nautilus.
>
> Right now they are using gmc. I like it because it is simple and
> straightforward. The only problem is that I have not been able to
> associate mime-types with applications. Say, for example, that I want
> .doc and .sxw files to open with StarOffice when they are clicked. I
> have tried to do it in the gnome control center and also by editing
> mc.keys directly. I have googled and searched the entire gnome site, and
> got the impression that people are aware of this problem, but not
> dealing with it because gnome is standardizing on nautilus.
My solution in using Mime types with mc is the following
section in /etc/mc.ext:
---<snip>---
### Default ###
# Default target for anything not described above
default/*
Open=see %d/%p
Title=%p
---<snap>---
I also removed any application specific stuff out of /etc/mc.ext.
works quite well for me.
-timo
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