preferred applications

[Scott (angrykeyboarder)]

Sean Sieger spake thusly on 06/07/2007 05:44 PM:
> The dialog box in System > Preferences > Preferred Applications seems
> fairly limited; in fact, my one does not have a Text Editor tab as Help
> suggests it does.  What is the path and name to the configuration file
> where one can alter these preferences?

The simplest thing to do is to right click on a file in Nautilus, select
properties, then select the tab that says "open with" and select the
program you want to use.

In the case of a text file, you'll be given a list of your installed
text editors. You can add one from the list of those displayed. Or if
it's not there, click the "add" button to get a list of all your apps.
If it's *still* missing, you can use the "custom command" option shown
at the bottom.

I've always found that "preferred applications" thingy rather odd. It
does seem like there should be a lot more there.




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