On Thu, 2013-11-21 at 23:08 +0000, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On 21 November 2013 13:22, Carpetnailz > <carpetna...@researchintegration.org> wrote: > Thanks. > This line is in my /etc/mime.types file: > > application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation pptx > > Is that what's needed? If so the problem is something else. It > doesn't > seem to be that Evolution does not know how to open it, It's > rather that > Evo is not seeing the attachment for what it is but rather at > 'attachment.dat'. > > Type this at a Shell prompt: > > > xdg-mime query default > application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation > > > (all one line of course) > > > The reply from xdg-mime tells what app is handling that MIME type in > your environment. In my case it gives "ark", which doesn't seem right > (I use KDE). > > > You can also use xdg-mime to set the app you want. Probably requires > logging out and in again so your desktop will pick it up.
Thanks. Trying that gives: [eric@ericscomputer ~]$ sudo xdg-mime query default application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation [sudo] password for eric: libreoffice-impress.desktop libreoffice-impress.desktop It looks to me like that part is right. I'm still wondering why, if it's a MIME handling problem, Evolution isn't saying "I've got this .pptx file but I don't know what to do with it" rather than "I've got this attachment.dat file that I don't know what to do with but think is a plain text file." EB _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
