Konqueror won't act upon new file association set up in Control Centre

[Patrick Nagel]

Off topic:

Why not just use a program that runs natively? Try gwenview!

Cheers, Patrick.


Am Sonntag, 18. Juni 2006 15:16 schrieb Matthew Munro:
> I have installed wine and created a shell script to
> run irfanview (a w32 graphics file viewer) in wine.
>
> Here's what works.  In Control Centre, I have added a
> file association with the irfanview shell script to
> the `image/jpeg' type, and put it at the top of the
> application preference order.  When I double click on
> a jpeg, it opens.
>
> What doesn't work is this.  I have set up a new type,
> `image/crw', to handle my Canon RAW files.  I have
> supplied `*.crw' as the filename pattern, entered
> `Canon RAW File'  as the description and, as before,
> installed `irfanview' in the application preference
> order.  And yet a file matching the given filename
> pattern will not be dispatched to irfanview.  Instead,
> it is opened in what I have configured as the default
> application for `all/allfiles', KHexEdit.
>
> Is there some other file type registration that I
> should have performed?  What's going on?
>
> Of course, Konqueror has invited me to `open with'
> something instead of KHexEdit, but I have the idea
> that this should not be necessary.
>
> The version in use is Konqueror 3.5.1-5 Red Hat (using
> KDE 3.5.1-2.3 Red Hat).
>
> Thanks for reading.  Please help.
>
>
>
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