On Tue, 2004-11-23 at 08:39 -0800, Richard Quint wrote: > A second Gnome question. I have tried googling for help on how to > associate a particular type of XML file (known by its extension) with a > default application without success. Anyone know how to do this? The > application is Maple 9.5, which saves its worksheets as XML files with > the extension .ms. > Create a maple.desktop file in /usr/share/applications. This will put it into the menu and will also control the file associations. Use another file as a template, it's not that hard. Check back if you need help. Cheers, -- Rodolfo J. Paiz <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>