Midnight Commander Mimetype

thach.trung.ngoc · 11-30-2010, 05:30 PM

Hi All

I am having a small issue with mc (midnight commander). I dont know how to select a specific application to open specific file type (e.g. I would like to use swriter to open .doc file. When I pressed "enter" on document file, nothing happened).

If anyone could help me out with this issue. Thanks

michaelk · 11-30-2010, 05:33 PM

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P42 · 11-30-2010, 05:34 PM

maybe mc takes the associations from a superior unit like the desktop environment?

w1k0 · 12-02-2010, 06:49 AM

Midnight Commander stores its settings in /etc/mc/mc.ext file (newer versions) or in /usr/share/mc/mc.ext file (older ones). Sample entry looks like:

Code:

# Microsoft Word Document
regex/\.([Dd][oO][cCtT]|[Ww][rR][iI])$
        Open=(soffice %f >/dev/null 2>&1 &)
        View=%view{ascii} antiword -t %f || catdoc -d8859-2 %f || word2x -f text %f - || strings %f
type/^Microsoft\ Word
        Open=(soffice %f >/dev/null 2>&1 &)
        View=%view{ascii} antiword -t %f || catdoc -d8859-2 %f || word2x -f text %f - || strings %f

In the above configuration you need soffice program to open Microsoft DOC, DOT or WRI files (soffice program is a part of OpenOffice.org package). To display the contents of one of these files using Midnight Commander F3 keyboard shortcut you need one of the following programs: antiword, catdoc or word2x.

thach.trung.ngoc · 12-03-2010, 04:13 AM

Thanks very much for your help