Re: Where to set application details

On Friday 22 January 2010, Kevin Krammer wrote:
> On Thursday, 2010-01-21, Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> > On Thursday 21 January 2010, bill purvis wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 20 January 2010, Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> > > > On Wednesday 20 January 2010, bill purvis wrote:
> > > > > On Tuesday 19 January 2010, Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> > > > > > On Tuesday 19 January 2010, bill purvis wrote:
> > > > > > > On Tuesday 19 January 2010, Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> > > > > > > > On Tuesday 19 January 2010, Werner Joss wrote:
> > > > > > > > > Am Tuesday 19 January 2010 17:56:07 schrieb bill purvis:
> > > > > > > > > > I've recently tried to open some Word documents which
> > > > > > > > > > arrived as attachments to an email. When I click on
> > > > > > > > > > them kmail pops up a dialog window suggesting I might
> > > > > > > > > > like to open this with OpeOffice 1.1.4! I'm currently
> > > > > > > > > > running OpenOffice 3.1, so when I click on this button
> > > > > > > > > > nothing happens. I can't find anywhere in
> > > > > > > > > > Settings->configure Kmail where this sort of thing is
> > > > > > > > > > set up, and I've not found any references in the
> > > > > > > > > > ~/.kde/share/apps/kmail directory. Can anyone tell me
> > > > > > > > > > how to change these links?
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > System Settings > Advanced > File associations
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > AFAIK personal adjustments made to the file associations
> > > > > > > > are stored in ~/.kde/share/applnk (or maybe nowadays they
> > > > > > > > are stored somewhere in the desktop neutral
> > > > > > > > ~/.local/share/applications). I guess there's an obsolete
> > > > > > > > desktop file which references OpenOffice 1.1.4. Simply
> > > > > > > > delete it.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Many thanks for the suggestion!
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hmmm, I've now scanned through all my hidden files (.??*)
> > > > > > > using find and scanning for OpenOffice1.1.4 and removed all
> > > > > > > instance that were revealed. Also scanned /etc and /usr/share
> > > > > > > in the same manner and can find no references to it, but
> > > > > > > still it comes up with the same message.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Any further ideas?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The information might still be cached. Run kbuildsycoca4 to
> > > > > > rebuild the system configuration cache.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > If that doesn't help then I'm out of ideas.
> > > > >
> > > > > kbuildsycoca4 isn't on my system. I'm running under Gnome (but
> > > > > prefer kmail over evolution!)
> > > >
> > > > Hmm. That's weird. kbuildsycoca4 is an integral part of the KDE
> > > > infrastructure used by all KDE application.
> > > >
> > > > > Where would this cache be?
> > > >
> > > > In KDE 3 it was at ~/.kde/share/config/ksycoca. In KDE 4 it's
> > > > probably in the same spot.
> > >
> > > Hmmm, that doesn't exist either! I'm running Ubuntu 9.10, which is
> > > the Gnome-based version of Ubuntu, but I downloaded kmail and
> > > whatever dependencies Ubuntu packages specify for it. At one time I
> > > was running Mandrake with the KDE desktop, and the .kde/... tree
> > > migrated across with my personal files so I don't know what's ancient
> > > or what's relevant to present stuff. I also installed kscd to play my
> > > CD's but am greatly disappointed in it's present incarnation (no
> > > indication of which track is playing, much bigger footprint, etc.)
> >
> > I'm out of ideas. Sorry. Maybe you need to ask some Gnome users
> > where/how you can change file associations.
> 
> Unless Canonical has patched KMail, it should be using KDE's associations.
> Since I didn't see any reply to Werner Joss' suggestion, I'll requote it
>  (and because it is also what I would have suggested to look at)
> 
> > > > > > > > > System Settings > Advanced > File associations
> 
> or
> 
> kcmshell4 filetypes
> 
> Cheers,
> Kevin
> 
Thanks, Kevin. My first reaction was that this was probably not
on my system (as I am basically a Gnome user), but it is there and
I opened it and it reported 'kbuildsycoca4 running...', gave a few
other cryptic comments about invalid escape sequences, and then opened
up. Looking under applications it reported OpenOffice 3.1 for various
Word and Excel document types, so I clicked OK and even without restarting
Kmail it now get sit right. Many thanks!

Bill
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