On 04/13/2012 05:56 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote:
I found myself on a command line window, wanting to open a PDF, and I
didnt remember the name of the pdf reader that now comes as a default
install for Fedora. Too many years of "just installing Acrobat" left
me with "./acroread whatever.pdf" engraved into my brain cells.
So.. I had to go to "add/remove programs" type "PDF" in the search
field, and then wait as the program showed the name of the app:
evince.
Now that's great. I now know its 'evince whatever.pdf'.
But that got me thinking. Shouldn't there be a "meta-command" like
"open filename.whatever" that just seeks the default file association
in gnome or whatever, and find the app name, and invoke the right app
without the end user having to memorize the exact app name associated
with any given file extension type?.
I'm not exceptionally bright, and my bright ideas more often than not
tend to be ideas implemented ages ago... so I guess that utilty might
exist already, no?
FC
gnome-open? xdg-open?
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