Gnome File association Problem

[Akshita]

Hello All,
I am Having a Problem in gnome and the problem is that of combining certain files. For example, when I want to read a pdf, it opens gimp? I looked in / etc/gnome-vfs-2.0 but I see no solution for the right application with the correct file. please Help me Solve these problem Thank you for your help

[Dr. V]

Hello , 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.

[Humberto]

Currently, without a defaults.list file, gnome is essentially picking at random what to use in association with a file when double-clicked, be it kde or gnome programs. Now, with a defaults.list file, it's possible to tell gnome where to go for different file types. As KDE uses a different system(and will until/if freedesktop.org adopts defaults.list as a standard), it would appear, to me at least, that the best course of action is to create a standard defaults.list that uses all gnome applications, and drop that in a package that's grouped with gnome.

[jesse]

when you right click -> open with -> can you see acrobat reader in the menu? also (if it is installed in your home folder) you can make a link:

ln -s /home/user/Acrobat/acroread /usr/local/bin

this helps when running from a command line, I don't think this will change anything though. Please specify where it is and how you normally start it (acroread)

[Rodney123]

Gnome Default File Association Setting
Hello , I was Also Having the Same Problem So I went through all the Gnome settings, Nautilus preferences, until I finally discovered: application preferences are changed by right-clicking on the file in question, selecting properties, and going to the Open With tab, then selecting the application you want to use.I spend too much time in the console, I suppose These Would Help you