[sylpheed:35942] Re: Is it possible to run applications by file extension?

[Craig]

On Tue, 14 Jan 2014 18:55:33 -0800 (PST) Globe Trotter
<itsme_410 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I have been running sylpheed for a while. One issue that Is there a way
> (and place) to set applications to open with specific file types. For
> instance, I would like to be able to use zathura to open .pdf files,
> gnumeric to open .xls files, abiword to open .doc files and so on. But
> I want these actions to be the default, and I do not want to have to go
> and change the "Open with" button every time a file type that arrives
> changes. Is it possible to have this feature?

I was just thinking about this myself today. It would be handy.


Craig