On Sat, Feb 04, 2006 at 08:19:41PM +0000, Chris Lale wrote: > Ralph Katz wrote: > > >On 02/02/2006 03:11 PM, John W. M. Stevens wrote: > > > > > >>In the help for gnome, under: > >> > >>10.2 Where to Find Preference Tools > >> > >>It says that to find the File types and programs preference > >>tool, look under: > >> > >>Applications ??? Desktop Preferences ??? Advanced ??? File types and > >>programs > >> > >>But on Sarge, with the capplets package installed (which says > >>that it contains the file types and programs capplet), no such > >>capplet shows up. > >> > >>I checked the package list, and it does NOT appear to actually > >>contain this capplet. Anybody have any hints, suggestions or > >>instructions on how to fix this problem? > >> > >>Thanks, > >>John S. > >> > >> > > > >John, > > > >You're not alone. While setting up a sarge gnome desktop for my wife, I > >was also unable to find that. Adding a file association is trivial. > >But /removing/ one is a mystery. > > > >I just wanted to associate .html files with firefox, and not epiphany, > >but gnome won't let you do that, nor will it let you change the default > >file association, as far as I've been able to tell. > > > >Searching the net, it appears that the gnome docs are obsolete, and > >tools for doing what should be simple tasks are missing in gnome 2.8. > > > >Perhaps someone can enlighten us... > > > >Regards, > >Ralph > > > > > I think you want the update-alternatives tool. You can find the Gnome > frontend in the Applications menu: > > Applications -> System Tools -> Alternatives Configurator No such menu option exists on my system. Is this intalled from an optional package? The "System Tools" menu contains such things as "Floppy Formatter", and "New Login". Is this the menu you meant? Thanks, John S.
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