SOLVED Re: How do I make native OpenOffice.org file associations (sxw, sxc...) in FC3

Ya know how you get when you want an answer and you can't wait? So you start fiddling around with it and end up breaking it even worse? Well, this time I got lucky. I went back to google and I must have tried the magic keywords cuz I found the answer.

Turns out this is a known bug
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/beta/show_bug.cgi?id=139485
And the bottom of this bug report has the answer - if you've got another Linux install where there are working file associations, you can copy a set of files to your FC3 box and life will be peachy.

The files (on the good box) in question are:

/usr/share/mimelnk/application/vnd.sun.xml.*

And you copy them to the same place (as root) on the FC3 box.

Whil

Hi folks,

On my machine (at least), FC3 is missing file associations for the native OpenOffice.org file formats. Gadzooks!

1. For example, when I list a directory that contains OOo Writer documents (sxw extensions) in Konqueror, I see "Unknown" in the "File Type" column.

2. When I right-click on one of those SXW files, the context menu has an option for Open with..." However when I right-click on a DOC file, the context menu has an option that says "Open with" which then offers choices for OO Writer and KWord. I was expecting the same thing for SXW (and SXC...) files.

3. I'm guessing that there just isn't a file association set up for SXW files in FC3. The Open With dialog doesn't have a "Use this program to open this file type from now on" option when I right-click on SXW files. I looked high and low and couldn't find the widget that allows me to create one. And I couldn't find one.

I've done a search on the fedora list on "file association" for the last six months or so and didn't find any messages on this topic. So....

How do I create a file association for SXWs (or any other type of file, for that matter) in FC3?

Thanks!

Whil