Description of problem: Thunderbird (and firefox) seem to ignore both /etc/mailcap and ~/.mailcap files, and there does not seem to exist a way to configure the associated applications in another way. helpers.private_mailcap_file and helpers.global_mailcap_file are configured correctly. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): thunderbird-1.5.0.10-1.fc6 firefox-1.5.0.10-5.fc6 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. create ~/.mailcap with | application/pdf; kpdf %s 2. click on a pdf file within firefox/thunderbird Actual results: Dialog box pops up which suggests to open file with "Dokumentenbetrachter" which seems to be always 'evince'. Expected results: Value from ~/.mailcap (kpdf) should be suggested
Correct. It uses the freedesktop mime standard. See e.g. shared-mime-info and friends.
I do not see, how the *shared* mime-info stuff can help here, because the preferred viewer can not be shared but is an individual setting. Process in this field seems to be stalled; firefox/thunderbird should use a working (mailcap) method instead of.
the mime info stuff uses $XDG_DATA_DIRS first, so you can use ~/.local/share
ok; can you give an example how I can set 'kpdf' as PDF viewer there? share-mime specification says explicitly | The system does not provide a mechanism for storing user preferences Work on the referred MIME action stuff (which is given as a way to define these preferences) seems to be stalled resp. I could not find a documentation how I can define my preferences. ~/.mailcap is a well defined standard which is working for years.
The work on the mime action stuff was derailed by people insisting on using mailcap for this purpose. Go figure...
But these people seem to have lost interest in this stuff; the related specifications are from 2003/2004 and there seems to have nothing done since then. Therefore, please switch back to the *working* method (mailcap) instead of using some experimental and non-working nice-to-have-but-we-not-have-it feature.
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