KDE4 : Association of file types to applications

[Anne Wilson]

On Friday 09 January 2009 21:41:09 Guido Pinkernell wrote:
> Am Freitag 09 Januar 2009 17:24:49 schrieb Anne Wilson:
> > On Friday 09 January 2009 16:02:28 Guido Pinkernell wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > does kde4 lack the possibility of associating file types to
> > > applications? I have checked a few sources (among them the
> > > ML-archives), and it says somewhere that although early version of KDE4
> > > did in fact not provide such an option, from kde 4.1 there must be an
> > > option in the
> > > kcontrolsettings. However, I simply can't find it. Apparently it ist
> > > not installed:
> >
> > KDE4 doesn't use kcontrol.  It uses systemsettings.
>
> Sorry, Anne, my translation of my German KDE version was wrong.
> I do mean systemsettings.
>
> > > guido at amilo:~> kcmshell4 filetypes
> > > findServiceByDesktopPath: filetypes.desktop not found
> > > kcmshell(3491)/kcmshell (kdelibs) locateModule: Could not find module '
> > > "filetypes" '.
> > >
> > > This is on KDE Version 4.1.3 (KDE 4.1.3) "release 69.2"
> >
> > Open systemsettings, Advanced tab, and there, on the top row, you'll find
> > File Associations.
>
> It's not there. That's the problem. In fact, it seems that it is not
> installed, as the command line version of systemsettings, kcmshell4
> filetypes, returns with an "could not find module" error (see above).
>
> I have checked with YaST2 which kde package contains the missing
> filteypes.desktop file. The only package is kdebase3. No kdebase4 existent,
> and the other kde4 packages do not contain a filetypes.desktop.
>
> Hm. Since your systemsettings does offer a file association option, would
> you mind checking which kde4 package provides the filetype.desktop on your
> computer?
>
application
	x-desktop

Filename patterns:
*.desktop
*.kdelink

Description

desktop configuration file

Application Preference Order

KWrite
Kate
OpenOffice.org Writer

HTH

Anne
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