How to set file associations for Thunar

justakiwi · 2007-05-14 22:25:50

Not sure if this is an xfce or Fedora issue but how do I set file associations for Thunar? At the moment it's trying to open everything in a text editor. I know I can right click and "open with" but how can I tell it to (for instance) always open .odt files with StarOffice Writer? I can't see anywhere to do this and there is nothing in the Fedora menu either - at least not that I can see.

What am I missing?

Nick · 2007-05-15 06:45:15

If you select the check box "always user this app to open this extension" when choosing a custom app, thunar should save this and use your custom application in the feature. But it's basically a .desktop file problem in startoffice. If Staroffice provides a good desktop file (in $PATH/usr/applications) with the extensions it supports, Thunar should pick this up.

Also make sure you have the shared-mime-info package installed and update the mime database by running update-mime-database.

justakiwi · 2007-05-15 07:42:33

Thanks for that. I've got it working now. The only thing I haven't managed to figure out is how to tell it to open HTML files in a new tab in Opera (if it's already running) rather than open a new instance of Opera. Have you any idea how I can change that behaviour?

Nick · 2007-05-15 07:48:16

IIRC there is a setting for that in Opera...

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How to set file associations for Thunar

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