On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 11:00 -0400, Chris Murphy wrote: > Peter N Spotts wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-04-19 at 11:12 -0600, Robin Laing wrote: > > > > > Peter N Spotts wrote: > > > > > > > On Thu, 2007-04-19 at 10:46 -0400, Daniel Gryniewicz wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 2007-04-19 at 08:52 -0400, Peter N Spotts wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Folks, > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm running Evolution 2.10 on Xubuntu 7.04b; how can I switch the > > > > > > "preferred" app for opening *.doc files from abiword to openoffice's > > > > > > swriter? > > > > > > > > > > > > Pete > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, Pete. > > > > > > > > > > This is done in Nautilus, not in evo. Find a .doc file, right click, > > > > > and go to the "Open With" tab. Select the program you want, and > > > > > you're > > > > > done. Evo will respect those settings. > > > > > > > > > > Daniel > > > > > > > > > Ah, so I'll have to install Nautilus...with XUbuntu, I'm running Xfce as > > > > the window/desktop manager. I thought there might merely be a file I > > > > could tweak, since I don't have much Gnome stuff installed... > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Pete > > > > > > > > Ah, well, I used the brute-force approach. I installed Nautilus to make > > the change, then uninstalled it. All works fine... > > > > Best, > > > > Pete > > > You could probably change the preferences in Thunar, click on a word > doc and edit preferences to open doc's with word instead of abiword. > Evolution should respect Thunar's settings also. > > Chris
Many thanks, Chris. I'll keep that in mind if the issue crops up with other programs... With best regards, Pete -- Peter N. Spotts | Science reporter The Christian Science Monitor One Norway Street, Boston, MA 02115 USA Office: 617-450-2449 | Office-in-home: 508-520-3139 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Amateur radio call: KC1JB www.csmonitor.com | www.peterspotts.net _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
