Re: Another problem about launching external applications

> Ranousse <[email protected]> writes:
> 
> > And here's another thing I don't understand
> > I have in operaprefs.ini
> > audio/mp3=7,xterm -e mplayer,,,mp3,|
> > and
> > audio/x-mpegurl=7,xterm -e mplayer -playlist,,,m3u,|
> >
> > This means open with xterm -e mplayer [-playlist] and pass directly the
> > url to the applications (7).
> > When I clic on a mp3 file it opens a dialog box asking if I want to
> > download the file or open it or .... If I choose open, the file is
> > opened with the correct application, and the url is passed directly to
> > the application (good)
> > When I clic on a m3u playlist opera does the same thing except that it
> > opens the file without showing the dialog box.
> >
> > Obviously it's not linked with -playlist word. I also tried with other
> > filetypes avi, ...
> > video/x-msvideo=7,xterm -e mplayer,,,avi,|
> > and obtains the same result as with m3u.
> >
> > Why is there a difference only with mp3 files?
> > In fact I prefer the way mp3 files are handled here.
> 
> That sounds really odd.  Maybe there is another entry that matches the
> mp3 file?  If you change 'xterm -e mplayer' to 'xterm -hold -e echo', do
> you get an xterm showing the url?

If I change xterm -e mplayer with xterm -hold -e mplayer, when I clic on
a mp3 file opera propose to open with
xterm -hold -e mplayer
instead of
xterm -e mplayer
And if I press enter it opens the file with xterm -hold -e mplayer (as
expected).
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