Re: Changing helper applications triggered by KMail using Gnome DE
On Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:33:58 +0000, AG wrote:
> How does one change or configure the applications triggered by KMail
> within a Gnome DE?
Hum... Kmail should respect the system defaults.
> For example, if I click on a KMail link indicating a *.pdf file from the
> web it open Xpdf which, while a fine application in its own right, is
> not what I want triggered - I'd rather use acroread. Similarly, with a
> URL that ends in *.swf VLC is opened and cannot load the weblink.
Wait... what of these two situations applies:
1/ You open a PDF file that is embedded (attached) within a message and
it opens automatically with xpdf.
2/ You open a URL link that points to a PDF, so the web browser launches
and downloads the PDF file which is then opened with xpdf.
:-)
> I've looked on the web and the suggestions available given my search
> string seem specific for SuSE and suggest that the configuration is done
> via Konqueror. Under System > Preferences > Preferred Applications
> nothing seems relevant either.
>
> Is there a trick to this or is really a case of configuring this via
> Konqueror because it doesn't seem possible via KMail directly.
Hard to say... ideally, Kmail (as any other MUA compliant with
freedesktop standards) should respect the user's default settings
regardless the environment from where it runs... but this is also very
hard to get even for another application (e.g., Mozillas' Firefox/
Thunderbird).
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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