[olug] Question about file type associations

[Brian Wiese]

This bugs me every so often as well... anyone know a good way to 
associate a program with a file/mime type?  I know we've got the 
/etc/mime-types file, but is there a 'standard gnu/linux way' to 
associate these to apps, or must it be setup for each desktop environment?

Also, is the "mailto:" link set by each web browser or in the 
environment defining which mail client to launch?  I just installed 
thunderbird, but evolution tries to start up - and I'd rather not just 
purge evolution. =)

Brian

Brandon Lederer wrote:

>As in something for the console.
>
>On Sunday 08 May 2005 05:10 pm, Will Langford wrote:
>  
>
>>As in something for the console, or in your favorite file manager /
>>window manager ?
>>
>>-Wll
>>
>>On 5/8/05, Brandon Lederer <brandon at tolkien-movies.com> wrote:
>>    
>>
>>>Does anyone know of such a program that does "associations" by
>>>exstension.  As an example, in windows there is "start".   at the command
>>>prompt, type in "start file.mpg" and it will open up the default
>>>associated program with that file type.  Does anyone know of any such
>>>program that allows me to configure the associations with various file
>>>types, and it just goes.
>>>for example, run xine with .avi .mpg .mpeg .mov
>>>run xmms for .mp3 .wav
>>>run acroread for .pdf
>>>