On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 08:52 +0800, Not Zed wrote: > Gnome certainly doesn't read mailcap, which isn't sufficiently rich > enough for a modern system. It has it's own mailcap and mimetype > database system. Umm, try looking around gnome.org/searching for gnome > mime type or something on google.
Too bad GNOME doesn't have a Helper Apps system like Mozilla does. Really easy. > On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 15:54 -0400, David Ronis wrote: > > I've just started using evolution on a slackware-10.1/freerock > > gnome-current box (currently Evolution-2.4.0) and have encountered a > > problem with word attachments. Evolution correctly identifies them, but > > doesn't seem to have abiword correctly set up as the correct mime type. > > I've added > > > > application/msword; abiword '%s' > > > > to my .mailcap file and > > application/msword doc > > > > to my .mime.types file, but this didn't help. Oddly, other attachments > > seem to work fine (e.g., a MS Excel spreadsheet gave me the option of > > opening it with gnumeric), but with MS word files all I can do is save > > them to disk. > > > > This might simply be a difference in the way gnome handles mime, but if > > so, I need a hint as to what to do. > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Evolution-list mailing list > > Evolution-list@gnome.org > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Temporarily not of Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "Politics is supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first." Ronald Reagan
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