Re: Change default app. -

2012-10-01 Thread Sergio
sktop text/calendar --- Em seg, 1/10/12, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. escreveu: De: Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. Assunto: Re: Change default app. - Para: "Community support for Fedora users" Data: Segunda-feira, 1 de Outubro de 2012, 6:18 On 09/27/2012 05:49 AM, Bob Goodw

Re: Change default app. -

2012-10-01 Thread Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
On 09/27/2012 05:49 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: On 27/09/12 02:12, Ed Greshko types: On 09/27/2012 05:37 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: How do I change the default application for playing a video file received from an iPhone [.mov]? Presently I have t

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2012-09-28 Thread 精灵的冬天
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2012-09-27 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 27/09/12 15:23, Sergio types: xdg-mime isn't supposed to be run as root, IIRC. Try manually creating the applications directory and an empty mimeapps. Ok, I thought of trying that but it seemed too easy. I made the directory "applications" and an empty file "mimeapps.list" and then

Re: Change default app. -

2012-09-27 Thread Sergio
> > > > That survives a reboot as it's a setting for your > user. > > > > It's probably registered in > ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list > >    Ok, this is what I see: > >        [bobg@box9 ~]$ cat > .local/share/applications/mimeapps.list >        [Default Applications] >        text

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2012-09-27 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 27/09/12 14:01, Sergio types: That survives a reboot as it's a setting for your user. It's probably registered in ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list Ok, this is what I see: [bobg@box9 ~]$ cat .local/share/applications/mimeapps.list [Default Applications] tex

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2012-09-27 Thread Sergio
--- Em qui, 27/9/12, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA escreveu: > De: Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA > Assunto: Re: Change default app. - > Para: users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Data: Quinta-feira, 27 de Setembro de 2012, 14:14 > On 27/09/12 12:12, Sergio types: > >

Re: Change default app. -

2012-09-27 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 27/09/12 12:12, Sergio types: Sorry for the earlier (wrong) message. Obviously the command is xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/quicktime Yes, that's what I needed, it worked immediately when run as user. Will it survive reboot? I exited and restarted Thunderbird and it was still

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2012-09-27 Thread Sergio
Sorry for the earlier (wrong) message. Obviously the command is xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/quicktime -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.o

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2012-09-27 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 27/09/12 10:42, Ed Greshko types: Are you actually asking about how to have thunderbird launch an application different from parole? I suppose that would work for the typical user but that's not the solution I wanted. I prefer to control what the computer does, if I have VLC installed I sh

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2012-09-27 Thread Ed Greshko
On 09/27/2012 09:09 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: >Yes, I see that now. I blindly copy/pasted the command without >thought ... > >But I already know that vlc displays .mov files without a problem. >If I save the file vlc will display it, Parole will not.. The >pro

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2012-09-27 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 27/09/12 07:51, Patrick O'Callaghan types: You need to substitute the actual filename of the .mov file. > xdg-mime: mimetype argument missing > Try 'xdg-mime --help' for more information. > > [bobg@box9 ~]$ cat xdg-mime > cat: xdg-mime: No such file or directory That's never

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2012-09-27 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Thu, 2012-09-27 at 07:37 -0400, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > On 27/09/12 06:25, Suvayu Ali types: > > xdg-mime default vlc.desktop `xdg-mime query filetype /path/to/file.mov` > > Am I missing a file? I re-installed everything in the computer about a > week ago, should have been c

Re: Change default app. -

2012-09-27 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 27/09/12 06:25, Suvayu Ali types: xdg-mime default vlc.desktop `xdg-mime query filetype /path/to/file.mov` Am I missing a file? I re-installed everything in the computer about a week ago, should have been complete from scratch. I always start with a USB live spin and then add the extras th

Re: Change default app. -

2012-09-27 Thread Suvayu Ali
On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 02:12:21PM +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 09/27/2012 05:37 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > >How do I change the default application for playing a video file > >received from an iPhone [.mov]? > > > >Presently I have to save it and play with vlc whic

Re: Change default app. -

2012-09-27 Thread Ed Greshko
On 09/27/2012 05:49 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > On 27/09/12 02:12, Ed Greshko types: >> On 09/27/2012 05:37 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: >>> How do I change the default application for playing a video file >>> received from an iPhone [.mov]? >>> >>> Pr

Re: Change default app. -

2012-09-27 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 27/09/12 02:12, Ed Greshko types: On 09/27/2012 05:37 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: How do I change the default application for playing a video file received from an iPhone [.mov]? Presently I have to save it and play with vlc which works perfectly. Something c

Re: Change default app. -

2012-09-26 Thread Ed Greshko
On 09/27/2012 05:37 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: >How do I change the default application for playing a video file >received from an iPhone [.mov]? > >Presently I have to save it and play with vlc which works perfectly. >Something called "Parole" is all that is offer

Change default app. -

2012-09-26 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
How do I change the default application for playing a video file received from an iPhone [.mov]? Presently I have to save it and play with vlc which works perfectly. Something called "Parole" is all that is offered and I have never succeeded in playing anything using it, consider