Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:25:15 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > > >> When opening a (downloaded) file, the Debian user is often (if not >> always) asked if he wants to open it, or to save it. Well, actually, >> opening it saves it in /tmp/, but that's not a problem. >> > > Are you saying that when you select "Open with..." and choose an > application the file gets downloaded to "/tmp" and does not get opened? > No, it gets opened, but this is actually also a `file saving.' (Everybody knows it, but, strictly speaking, `Open' is error-prone.) >> :-? >> ? >> The problem is that ticking `Open with' only gives you a list of >> choices. >> > > The ones that are recognized by the OS in the "mimetype" database. > Yes. >> You can choose `Other' and it directly opens ~/ so that you can >> select the binary which can render the related file. >> > > Yep, in GNOME it opens the standard "file browse" menu. > > >> The problem is that >> it's >> * basically easier to write a command, i.e. at the place of `Open with >> ... Other', it could be interesting to have a box where you can write >> e.g. `kile' if you want the file to be opened with `kile', etc.; >> > > Sure. > > >> * not >> often possible for the user to select a binary which is not in his >> directories. >> > > You can browse the full filesystem (from "/" to lower paths). I have no > problem with that. > Yes, but this is really really tedious as compared to an input box! > For commom application extensions (.pdf, .tiff, etc...), it is useful to > add them in Icewesel (programs) in order to get the right applications > displayed when you select "Open with...". > Yes. I did it. ;) -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ I use PGP. If there is an incompatibility problem with your mail client, please contact me.
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