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Re: mime types and link to libre office .ods still open gnumeric?

 

Not a bug perse, as zim works as intended. However it follows the 2012
implementation of the xdg tools. In the meantime they seem to have adopted
another file for storing defaults, so zim could be updated accordingly.

-- Jaap


On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 2:48 PM, Sylvain Viart <launchpad@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Jaap,
>
> Le 12/02/2016 13:20, Jaap Karssenberg a écrit :
>
> On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 12:12 PM, Sylvain Viart <launchpad@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> How does Zim handle mime types?
>>
>
>
> Zim follows the XDG spec, so behavior should be the same as XFCE. The
> reference application to test is "xdg-open". This is a commandline tool to
> open a file according to mimetype.
>
>
> xdg-open ~/somfile.ods
>
> works
>
> still not from zim. Curious. I logged out/in already…
>
> However fixing in zim is easy, just right-click on the link and go to the
> "open with" menu. There is a menu item to change the default.
>
>
> OK, nice.
>
> So both Gnumeric and Calc are listed.
> If I follow "Customize" 3rd choice, I effectively have a choice. Gnumeric
> as first.
> Zim stay on Gnumeric if I choose "System default".
>
> Do we have a bug here?
>
> Selecting Calc works fine, even for other .ods links, thanks!
>
> Regards,
> Sylvain.
>
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