[kdepim-users] KMail and File Associations

[Dotan Cohen]

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.

Dotan Cohen

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A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
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