On Thu, 2015-04-02 at 16:55 -0700, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote: > Evolution gives me a different set of apps to open PDF attachments for > different messages.
This is part of GNOME, built on top of FreeDesktop standards. To be available to GNOME an application publishes and XDG Desktop file; in that file it includes its name, category, icon, and the types of files it can work with. For example /usr/lib64/libreoffice/share/xdg/draw.desktop - [Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Terminal=false Icon=libreoffice-draw Type=Application Categories=Office;FlowChart;Graphics;2DGraphics;VectorGraphics;X-Red-Hat-Base;X-MandrivaLinux-Office-Drawing; Exec=libreoffice --draw %U MimeType=application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics;application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics-flat-xml;application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics-template;application/vnd.sun.xml.draw;application/vnd.sun.xml.draw.template;application/vnd.visio;application/x-wpg;application/vnd.corel-draw;application/vnd.ms-publisher;image/x-freehand;application/clarisworks; Name=LibreOffice Draw ... According to the XDG standard GNOME scans the desktop files and provides you the appropriate application list. > One thing NOT included among the "Other Applications" is acroread, It possibly [likely?] does not include a desktop file. You can easily create one. > As I wrote, these lists are different for PDF attachments contained in > different emails. How does evolution generate these lists? Based off the MIME-type of the attachment. > Is there any convenient way to change them? Create .desktop files in ~/.local/share/applications/ -- Adam Tauno Williams <mailto:awill...@whitemice.org> GPG D95ED383 Systems Administrator, Python Developer, LPI / NCLA _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
