Re: [gcmd-usr] set default viewer to eog and default text ed to gedit

[Bonnie Dalzell]

On Tue, 31 Jan 2017, Uwe Scholz wrote:
can anyone explain the difference between the following % in a command

gedit %u

gedit %s

thanks so much for any help.

there are some questions that are very hard to google because you 
do not know the correct keywords


also in my mime aps list there are duplicated lines one terminated by a 
semi-colon ; 
the other not

as in

application/x-extension-xhtml=firefox.desktop
application/x-extension-xhtml=firefox.desktop;


> Hi Bonnie,
>
> the viewer and editor you configure in gnome-commander options are only
> relevant when you hit "F3" (view) or "F4" (edit) on your keyboard while
> the keyboard cursor is on the file of interest.

Somehow I had never learned about this. Thanks. At least these function 
keys work as you suggest.


> For changing the default programm when you double click on it there is
> a section in the online documentation how to change it. Have a look
> here:

Am going to study this link now.
> https://gcmd.github.io/doc.html#mime
>
> I hope this will help you.
>
> Best wishes
> Uwe
>
> Am Tue, 31 Jan 2017 13:10:07 -0500 (EST) schrieb Bonnie Dalzell
> <address@hidden>:
>
> > I have Xubuntu 12.04 64 bit installed.
> >
> > This has been frustrating me for over a year
> >
> > Right now Gnome Commander insists my default viewer is Ristretto and
> > my default text editor is leafpad.
> >
> > both gedit and eog (as "image viewer" show up in the "open with" list
> > when I right click on a file using gnome-commander.
> >
> > I have tried changing settings in  using the gnome-commander
> > Settings>Options menu. in the Viewer: box I have eog %s and in the
> > Editor: box I have gedit %s and i REMOVED Ristretto completely from
> > the system. So now if I double click on an image file nothing happens
> > until I right click and choose Image Viewer  from the "Open With"
> > part of the drop down menu. To further annoy me Image Viewer is down
> > at the bottom of the choices.
> >
> > I was experimenting with various new text editors and downloaded
> > Leafpad, which I would liek to keep on the system but not have it be
> > the default text editor that gnome-commander brings up. However as
> > soon as I installed leafpad from apt-get it appeared as the default
> > text editor for gnome-commander. I can still open it from the "Open
> > With" drop down menu.
> >
> > HELP will be appreciated
> >
> > Ristretto is a very limited program and I do not find it useful and I
> > really dislike the menu layout on it.
> >
> >
> >
> > I have completely removed Ristretto from teh system and rebooted but
> > that did not help
> >
> >
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                       Bonnie Dalzell, MA
mail:PO box 9767 Baldwin, MD, USA 21013  |  EMAIL:address@hidden
shipping address:5100 Hydes Rd 21082 (Hydes Post Office closed Jan 2012)
Freelance anatomist, vertebrate paleontologist, writer, illustrator, dog
breeder, computer nerd & iconoclast... Borzoi info at www.borzois.com.
HOME www.batw.net    ART bdalzellart.batw.net  BUSINESS www.boardingatwedge.com