Re: Set default video application -

2013-08-20 Thread poma
On 20.08.2013 15:23, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > On 20/08/13 08:50, poma wrote: >> You should consider to send this to uncle Bob, not to me. ;) >> >> >> poma > > uncle Bob? > > a.k.a. Grambob > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXkgYZw0evs You got that son? poma -- users mailin

Re: Set default video application -

2013-08-20 Thread Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 20/08/13 08:50, poma wrote: You should consider to send this to uncle Bob, not to me. ;) poma uncle Bob? a.k.a. Grambob -- http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD box10 Fedora-19 Linux/XFCE -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https:

Re: Set default video application -

2013-08-20 Thread poma
On 20.08.2013 06:08, Ahmad Samir wrote: > You can get a list to put in mimeapps.list under [Added Associations] using > something like this hack (remove the last "| grep video" to get a list of > all the mimetypes vlc supports): > > $ grep MimeType /usr/share/applications/vlc.desktop | perl -p -e

Re: Set default video application -

2013-08-20 Thread Tom Horsley
Of course, as soon as you upgrade your system, you'll find that several .desktop files have been renamed for no particular reason, and all the associations you had working the way you wanted in your ~/.local config files no longer function :-(. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org T

Re: Set default video application -

2013-08-19 Thread Ahmad Samir
On 19 August 2013 23:42, Suvayu Ali wrote: > On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 07:54:05PM +0200, poma wrote: > > On 19.08.2013 17:24, Suvayu Ali wrote: > > > > > > As you can see, you have to repeat this for all file types. It would > be > > > simpler if you could just say 'video/*', but I don't think you

Re: Set default video application -

2013-08-19 Thread poma
On 19.08.2013 23:42, Suvayu Ali wrote: > On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 07:54:05PM +0200, poma wrote: >> On 19.08.2013 17:24, Suvayu Ali wrote: >>> >>> As you can see, you have to repeat this for all file types. It would be >>> simpler if you could just say 'video/*', but I don't think you can. >>> >>> I

Re: Set default video application -

2013-08-19 Thread Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 19/08/13 11:24, Suvayu Ali wrote: On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 10:08:19AM -0400, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: How xdg-mime would be used to change this is not obvious to me after reading the man page. It is actually not trivial! I do not think the mimetype argument to xdg-mime takes

Re: Set default video application -

2013-08-19 Thread Suvayu Ali
On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 07:54:05PM +0200, poma wrote: > On 19.08.2013 17:24, Suvayu Ali wrote: > > > > As you can see, you have to repeat this for all file types. It would be > > simpler if you could just say 'video/*', but I don't think you can. > > > > If someone knows an easier way to add a c

Re: Set default video application -

2013-08-19 Thread poma
On 19.08.2013 17:24, Suvayu Ali wrote: > On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 10:08:19AM -0400, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA > wrote: >> >> How xdg-mime would be used to change this is not obvious to me after reading >> the man page. > > It is actually not trivial! I do not think the mimetype argument t

Re: Set default video application -

2013-08-19 Thread Richard Vickery
On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 3:19 PM, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > > This is F-19/64 XFCE. > > How do I change the default video application to VLC. No matter what I have > done it insists on HandBrake. I want to change that ... > > Bob > > -- > > http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD > Would the

Re: Set default video application -

2013-08-19 Thread Suvayu Ali
On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 10:08:19AM -0400, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > > How xdg-mime would be used to change this is not obvious to me after reading > the man page. It is actually not trivial! I do not think the mimetype argument to xdg-mime takes a glob. This makes it more diff

Re: Set default video application -

2013-08-19 Thread Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 19/08/13 07:31, Suvayu Ali wrote: If you prefer a graphical way, just right click the file in thunar and update the "open with" field in the properties menu. Hope this helps, -- Suvayu Yes certainly, that worked! But I expected a box for "always do this," there was none. It always defa

Re: Set default video application -

2013-08-19 Thread poma
On 19.08.2013 13:31, Suvayu Ali wrote: > On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 03:33:02AM -0400, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA > wrote: >> >> But I did find that changing the File Manager icon to point to "thunar" >> instead of "thunar settings" does what I want. I don't recall setting that >> to thunar set

Re: Set default video application -

2013-08-19 Thread Suvayu Ali
On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 03:33:02AM -0400, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > > But I did find that changing the File Manager icon to point to "thunar" > instead of "thunar settings" does what I want. I don't recall setting that > to thunar settings? Not sure what's going on there but it i

Re: Set default video application -

2013-08-19 Thread Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 19/08/13 00:47, Jatin K wrote: On Sunday 18 August 2013 03:49 AM, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: This is F-19/64 XFCE. How do I change the default video application to VLC. No matter what I have done it insists on HandBrake. I want to change that ... Bob may be this [1] can h

Re: Set default video application -

2013-08-18 Thread Jatin K
On Sunday 18 August 2013 03:49 AM, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: This is F-19/64 XFCE. How do I change the default video application to VLC. No matter what I have done it insists on HandBrake. I want to change that ... Bob may be this [1] can help you ... I'm not sure, as I'm no

Set default video application -

2013-08-17 Thread Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA
This is F-19/64 XFCE. How do I change the default video application to VLC. No matter what I have done it insists on HandBrake. I want to change that ... Bob -- http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD box10 Fedora-19 Linux/XFCE -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or c

Set default video application -

2013-08-17 Thread Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA
This is F-19/64 XFCE. How do I change the default video application to VLC. No matter what I have done it insists on HandBrake. I want to change that ... Bob -- http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD box10 Fedora-19 Linux/XFCE -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or c