[kdepim-users] KMail and File Associations

[Ingo Klöcker]

On Monday 24 March 2008, Ronny Standtke wrote:
> > > So whatever application is downloading it has to either default
> > > to the file extension or ask you what to do with the file.
> >
> > Most odd.  I haven't been following this thread, but, curious, I
> > just clicked on the list.  The dialogue popped up asking whether to
> > save or open it, and it opened with OpenOffice.
>
> Some days ago I fixed this myself by adding the following line to
> the .htaccess file of my project:
> AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text odt
>
> The full bug report is here:
> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=1906764&group_id=1&at
>id=200001
>
> I still think that SF should default to correct settings and KDE
> should default to a sane strategy if encountering inconsistent
> situations like this (mismatch between HTTP content type header entry
> and file ending).

What would be a sane strategy in your opinion? Asking the user which 
application to use? You might want to submit a wishlist entry for this 
at bugs.kde.org (for product/component kdelibs/general).


Regards,
Ingo
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