[kdepim-users] KMail and File Associations

[Anne Wilson]

On Monday 24 March 2008 07:20:39 Dotan Cohen wrote:
> On 04/03/2008, kitts <kitts.mailinglists at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Tuesday 04 Mar 2008 12:43:49 am Ronny Standtke wrote:
> >  > I just got an email with the following link inside:
> >  > http://nioframework.sourceforge.net/Transformation_Chain3.odt
> >  >
> >  > When I click on this link (using Kubuntu 7.10) KMail starts Kate
> >  > instead of OpenOffice!
> >  > If I start kcontrol and look at "KDE Components->File Associations"
> >  > the file name pattern "*odt" is configured in
> >  > vnd.oasis.opendocument.text and in the "Application Preference Order"
> >  > list I only have one
> >  > entry: "OpenOffice.org Word Processor". Under the tab "Embedding" the
> >  > radio button "Use settings for 'application' group" is selected.
> >  >
> >  > So why on earth does KMail insist on opening this link with Kate!?!?
> >  > *grrr!*
> >
> > I believe this is some issue with the website not reporting correctly the
> > mime type and kmail/konqueror/khtml not basing its decision on the
> > filename extension.
>
> The headers are not wrong, they are simply not there:
> """
> null
> 0
> """
>
> 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.

Anne
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