On 10/5/05, Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 04Oct2005 19:45, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > | On 10/3/05, Toralf Lund <toralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > | > Not sure that's really what he needs. I'd rather suggest doing > | > gnome-open phonenumbers.xls > | > (For the actual file open.) No manpage for this tool, I think, but it's > | > probably described somewhere in the help system. > | > | Thanks, this is almost exactly what I am looking for. However, it uses > | the gnome defaults. As I use KDE, I have only set up the KDE defaults. > | Is there a KDE equivelent? The obvious kde-open file.txt does not > | work. > > [ Disclaimer: I don't use KDE or Gnome. ] > > If you're running KDE, see if there's something on the desktop for > configuration or settings. You want the handlers for the file types. With > luck it will tell you what app it launches by default for each file type. > I do not know if there's an equivalent to gnome-open that picks the "right" > handler to run. > > However: note that your statement "I use KDE, I have only set up the > KDE defaults" does not preclude you from using gnome-open. You may want > fiddle your Gnome defaults tool. Nothing prevents you running a mix of > Gnome or KDE (or, indeed, entirely "other") tools at the same time. > > Most command line users only deal in a few formats. For text we use a > text editor (vi, emacs, pico etc). Things like a spreadsheet require a > suitable tools. So I might type: > > gnumeric foo.xls > or > oocalc foo.xls > > to use one or another spreadsheet tool. > > Cheers, > Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 Yes, I know that I can use gnome tools in kde an vice-versa. However, I do have things set up pretty much the way I like them in kde, and I don't want to use two tools for the same job. I just don't want to think "hmm, spreadsheet, what do I use for that?" each time I want to open a file, and as I am getting more proficient at the command line, I am finding that I must start. How can I easily populate my gnome preferances with what I setup in kde? Which brings me to another question. Is there a list of KDE tools and Gnome equivelents? As usual in gnome/kde google searches, I got too many irrelevant results to find anything good. Dotan Cohen http://technology-sleuth.com/mobile/cellphones.php
