On Thu, 2011-01-27 at 20:12 -0600, Timothy Pearson wrote: > > I'm feeling really stupid. I have an installation of Trinity on Squeeze > > where the user uses Icedove for email. For some reason, it wants to > > open PDF files in GIMP. I see the same thing in other Gnome > > applications like Evolution. > > > > I've gone to Icedove preferences and tried to change the application > > type and clicking on other . . . does not produce a dialog box to select > > an application (like KPDF or acroread). I installed kgtk-config-icedove > > but that did not help. I even installed Nautilus and tried setting the > > application association there. That at least presented KPDF as an > > option in Evolution but not in Icedove. I installed gconf-editor but > > that does not seem to address application associations. > > > > Short of finding which defaults.list file it is looking at and manually > > editing it or manually setting it in mimetypes.rdf, how does one set > > this in a Trinity only environment (in that Gnome desktop is not > > installed)? Thanks - John > > > > It isn't very easy. You can try going to > Iceweasel->Edit->Preferences->Applications and adding your overrides > there, but that is the extent of my Gnome/Firefox knowlege. > > Tim <snip> Thanks, Tim. Unfortunately, that part is not working - at least in Icedove. It shows GIMP and Other . . . but, if I click on Other . . . no dialog appears to choose the application. It's almost like something is missing. I really don't want to install Gnome desktop and, even if I did, for some reason, it wants to uninstall Trinity! - John