Associating an Application (Gnome)
During an APT Gnumeric package update, something went wrong. The problem has been corrected but in the process, gnome lost track of the file association. I want the file associated with Gnumeric. I can get all the way to the Edit File Type dialog box but I can't complete the association unless I enter a MIME type. This confuses me some since there is a MIME type there already (zz-winassoc-xls). Can anyone offer any suggestions on how I can get Gnumeric files associated with MS Excel files? Thanks for any help. Don Henson
During an APT Gnumeric package update, something went wrong. The problem has been corrected but in the process, gnome lost track of the file association. I want the file associated with Gnumeric. I can get all the way to the Edit File Type dialog box but I can't complete the association unless I enter a MIME type. This confuses me some since there is a MIME type there already (zz-winassoc-xls). Can anyone offer any suggestions on how I can get Gnumeric files associated with MS Excel files? Thanks for any help.
On my machine, the MIME type for Excel is application/vnd.ms-excel What went wrong, was it a problem with the package? -- James Ogley, Webmaster, Rubber Turnip james@rubberturnip.org.uk http://www.rubberturnip.org.uk Jabber: riggwelter@myjabber.net Using Free Software since 1994, running GNU/Linux (SuSE 9.0). GNOME updates for SuSE: http://www.usr-local-bin.org
On Fri, 2003-12-05 at 00:52, James Ogley wrote:
During an APT Gnumeric package update, something went wrong. The problem has been corrected but in the process, gnome lost track of the file association. I want the file associated with Gnumeric. I can get all the way to the Edit File Type dialog box but I can't complete the association unless I enter a MIME type. This confuses me some since there is a MIME type there already (zz-winassoc-xls). Can anyone offer any suggestions on how I can get Gnumeric files associated with MS Excel files? Thanks for any help.
On my machine, the MIME type for Excel is application/vnd.ms-excel
What went wrong, was it a problem with the package?
I'm not sure what went wrong. Synaptic downloaded the appropriate files and then started installing them. I let it run for about an hour while the only activity was the hour-glass symbol. If I moved another window on top of the Synaptic windows, the windows did not refresh (stayed blank) when they reappeared. When I finally decided that something was wrong, I discovered that I couldn't close Synaptic using the Close button nor the window close box. I logged out and logged back in. This closed Synaptic but when I tried to use Synaptic again, it said that it could not obtain a lock on the packages directory. Coming from the MS Windows environment, I decided to try the standard Windows troubleshooting technique (I rebooted the system). This seemed to work. I can now use Synaptic. I can open Gnumeric which opens with the correct version (1.2.2). I can save the gnumeric file and it shows up with the correct icon and if I click on the icon, gnumeric loads and opens the file. The only thing that's not working at the moment is that there is no icon (well, the default gear wheel icon) for MS Excel files and if I click on the icon, nothing happens. If I try to "open with", there's no applications listed. If I try to associate an application, it either tells me to enter a MIME type or it disappears without changing anything. Any thoughts? Don Henson
In a previous message, Donald Henson <wepin@wepin.com> wrote:
If I moved another window on top of the Synaptic windows, the windows did not refresh (stayed blank) when they reappeared. When I finally decided that something was wrong, I discovered that I couldn't close Synaptic using the Close button nor the window close box.
Synaptic had crashed, so the update wasn't complete. Try running the update again. John -- John Pettigrew Headstrong Games john@headstrong-games.co.uk Fun : Strategy : Price http://www.headstrong-games.co.uk/ Board games that won't break the bank Valley of the Kings: ransack an ancient Egyptian tomb but beware of mummies!
On Fri, 2003-12-05 at 12:55, John Pettigrew wrote:
In a previous message, Donald Henson <wepin@wepin.com> wrote:
If I moved another window on top of the Synaptic windows, the windows did not refresh (stayed blank) when they reappeared. When I finally decided that something was wrong, I discovered that I couldn't close Synaptic using the Close button nor the window close box.
Synaptic had crashed, so the update wasn't complete. Try running the update again.
John
Actually, the update appeared to be complete. However, just to be sure, I removed the gnumeric package (using Synaptic) and reinstalled it. What I did not do was redownload the package. Perhaps I should try that. Don Henson
On my machine, the MIME type for Excel is application/vnd.ms-excel
applications listed. If I try to associate an application, it either tells me to enter a MIME type or it disappears without changing anything. Any thoughts?
Like I said, the MIME type is application/vnd.ms-excel -- James Ogley, Webmaster, Rubber Turnip james@rubberturnip.org.uk http://www.rubberturnip.org.uk Jabber: riggwelter@myjabber.net Using Free Software since 1994, running GNU/Linux (SuSE 9.0). GNOME updates for SuSE: http://www.usr-local-bin.org
On Fri, 2003-12-05 at 16:09, James Ogley wrote:
On my machine, the MIME type for Excel is application/vnd.ms-excel
applications listed. If I try to associate an application, it either tells me to enter a MIME type or it disappears without changing anything. Any thoughts?
Like I said, the MIME type is application/vnd.ms-excel
I tried that. It didn't work. It looked like it worked, i.e. no error messages, but nothing changed. Perhaps I'm confused about what I am doing. (Nothing new there.) I click on the xls file icon. Nothing happens. I right-click on the icon and select "Open With". The submenu contains only "An Application..." and "A Viewer..." I select "An Application..." This brings up an info box telling me there is no application associated with this file but offers the option of associating an application with this file type. I click on "Associate Application" which brings up an "Edit file type" box. I select an icon and leave Description empty. There is a MIME type already there (zz-winassoc-xls) but I change it to "application/vnd.ms-excel". (I copied the MIME type from your e-mail.) The only other change I make is to put "gnumeric" in the "Program to run" box. I leave "Run in Terminal" unchecked. When I click on the OK box, Edit file type goes away but nothing else changes. The icon stays the same and there still is no application listed in the Open With submenu. The permissions on the file is 0777 and the owner is dhenson, my login name. Can you see anything I'm doing wrong? Do I need to do this as root? Can you think of anything that might occur during an APT update of Gnumeric that might cause this not to work? Any assistance will be appreciated. Don Henson
participants (3)
-
Donald Henson
-
James Ogley
-
John Pettigrew