[Kde-kiosk] KDE File Associations

[Martijn Klingens]

On Monday 25 March 2002 13:45, Janyne Kizer wrote:
> I am using KDE 2.2.1 and I am having a problem associating .doc files
> with StarOffice 5.2.  Where is this information stored?  I think that I
> am missing a piece of the puzzle since the Mimelink stuff doesn't
> mention an application to execute in order to open the file.  I guess
> that I should also have mentioned that using the file association tool
> seems to work from some users but not others
>
> Basically, what file(s) need to be edited to associate files with
> programs so that, for example, .doc files will be opened by StarOffice
> automatically?  Can this be set on at the system level or is this
> something that needs to be set for each individual?  Thanks!

I think you could just add 'MimeType=application/msword' to the .desktop file 
of StarOffice. After that either log in again or run 'kbuildsycoca' from the 
console to update the System Configuration Cache.

But I'm sure Waldo knows much more about the mime type handling :-)

Martijn