Re: Re: MIME types, again ("Nautilus" ain't the answer)

On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 10:49 -0800, Silvio Levy wrote:
>> Clearly the nautilus docs are a bit out of date.
>> 
>> The correct way to do it as of Gnome 2.8 is to right click on a file,
>> e.g. a pdf file, select Properties, then "Open With", and then select
>> the program there, or add a new one.
>
>Dear Crispin,  thanks for your response -- but this behaves exactly
>the same as    <Nautilus> File | Open With | Other Application  
>(i.e., I can add another program, but I have not been able
>to make the new program the default.)

The default application is the one with the radio button selected, e.g.
see "Figure 2. Add a new file handler" at:

http://www.gnome.org/start/2.8/notes/rnwhatsnew.html

In that screenshot, you could make PDF Viewer the default by clicking on
the grey circle to the left of the text.

Crispin



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