Re: Missing "File Types and Programs" capplet from capplets package in Sarge?
On Sat, 2006-02-04 at 22:24 +0000, Chris Lale wrote:
> John W. M. Stevens wrote:
>
> >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?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> Install the package galternatives. The command run from the Gnome menu
> is also called galternatives.
Thank you for your help, but with all due respect, you don't
understand the problem.
The alternatives program is a "System" tool. What I am trying
to fix is a missing desktop configuration tool. There used to be
a tool (Called "File Types and Programs") that would allow me to
associate verbs with nouns in my desktop (in other words, to
associate a program with a given file type, so that asking the
desktop to open said file would execute the configured program).
While this "capplet" is described in the Gnome desktop documentation,
and while the capplet package claims to include this particular
capplet, the "File Types and Programs" capplet is NOT included
in this package, and does not appear to be installed.
Does anybody know what happened to this capplet (program), why
it is no longer included in the capplet package, and where I should
go to get it, or what the program that replaces this capplet is,
and what package I should install to get it?
Thanks for your suggestions anyway . . .
John S.
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