epicwinter@hotmail.com wrote:
> I am trying to figure out how to invoke the default application for a
> file using a shell command for gnome and kde.

Shell don't provide this. KDE and Gnome and even Gnome2 do have their own MIME
tools, but those will only work for applications for that environment, so if
you want some special application to be run when clicking on it's icon in
konqueror/nautilus, then you have to set it for KDE and Gnome/Gnome2.

> For instance in windows
> you type:
> start filename
> And the appropriate application will be opened. In Mac:
> open filename

Sadly this is a quite bad way to associate files, as files can have the wrong
"file extention", the proper way would be as it's done in Directory Opus (only
for AmigaOS and Microsoft Windows), where you check the file for what type it
is or/and on the file extention.


> Anyone know how to do this?

For KDE, take a look at the "KDE Components/File Associations".



//Aho

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 21:10:25 +0100, J.O. Aho staggered into the Black
Sun and said:
> epicwinter@hotmail.com wrote:
>> I am trying to figure out how to invoke the default application for a
>> file using a shell command for gnome and kde.
> Shell don't provide this.

I think what epicwinter meant was "I'd like to launch whatever KDE or
GNOME thinks is best for a file using a command-line app." This can be
done; read on....

> KDE and Gnome and even Gnome2 do have their own MIME tools, but those
> will only work for applications for that environment, so if
>> For instance in windows
>> start filename
>> And the appropriate application will be opened.
> Sadly this is a quite bad way to associate files

Bad or no, it's the lowest common denominator, so living with it and/or
working around it is the easiest thing to do.

> the wrong "file extention", the proper way would be as it's done in
> Directory Opus (only for AmigaOS and Microsoft Windows), where you
> check the file for what type it is or/and on the file extention.

Konqueror does the equivalent of "file $FILE" on files that don't have a
file extension that matches anything in its database.

>> Anyone know how to do this?
> For KDE, take a look at the "KDE Components/File Associations".

This won't help epicwinter.

AFAICT, you need to use DCOP to do this. Kind of like so:

dcop konqueror-2882 KonquerorIface createNewWindow file:~/README.kwin

....Fine the name of your current konqueror session with "dcop | grep
konqueror", assign that to $KONQ. Get the path of the file you want to
open, prepend "file:" to it. Call that $URL. Then, it's just

dcop $KONQ KonquerorIface createNewWindow $URL

....and presto. There are some DCOP tutorials out there if you Google
for "DCOP tutorial". HTH,

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Dances with the Crows interpreted my need there exactly. I will try
messing around with dcop. I wish konqueror could just automatically
know the session that is open. But this is might be the hot ticket.

I was hoping to do this in a single command line,based on the
windows/mac usages. I was going to use a property like
invokeApp=start $FILENAME //windows
invokeApp=open $FILENAME //mac
invokeApp=konqueror $FILENAME //linux OOPS a new konq window opens
everytime

Another option I was looking at was using mozilla since it can be used
on every os:
invokeApp=mozilla $FILENAME
However, i run into the same problem with the multiple mozilla windows
opening rather than just the application handler.

epicwinter@hotmail.com wrote:

> However, i run into the same problem with the multiple mozilla windows
> opening rather than just the application handler.

If you had run 'mozilla -help' you had found the option '-remote', which is to
call an already running mozilla and there is an exelent web page they do
direct too in that help too.

To open a new url in a current mozilla window:
mozilla -remote "openurl(http://www.linux.org)"


//Aho

JO Aho- this works well.
mozilla -remote "openfile(file:/filename)"

The only problem is if mozilla is not opened already, I get an error.
You would think it would automatically start mozilla if it wasn't open.

epicwinter@hotmail.com wrote:
> JO Aho- this works well.
> mozilla -remote "openfile(file:/filename)"
>
> The only problem is if mozilla is not opened already, I get an error.
> You would think it would automatically start mozilla if it wasn't open.
>

There is the wonderfull world of shell scripts... here is a small one that
should at least work in bash

--- /usr/bin/openurl ---
#!/bin/sh
ISRUNNING=`ps -u $USER | grep -wc mozilla`
if [ "$ISRUNNING" = "0" ]; then
mozilla "$*" &
else
mozilla -remote "openurl($*)"
fi
--- eof ---

after that

chmod 755 /usr/bin/openurl


Now you can use it

openurl http://www.linux.org

If no mozilla already loaded, it will load it in the background (this gives
you the terminal back to you), if you have it already loaded, it will just
open the url.



//Aho