Re: [Syllable-developer] File Type Management

[Andrew K. <bew...@st...>]

Hey Chris,

I'm working on a file-types/applications preferences program which will
enable you to easily change the preferred application for a particular file
type.

More info here:
http://www.boing.nu/scripts/wiki.pl?topic=Registrar&web=syllable&sid=
And here: http://boing.nu/scripts/wiki.pl?topic=MIME&web=syllable&sid=

Andrew

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Shaffer" <che...@ya...>
To: <syl...@li...>
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 9:31 PM
Subject: [Syllable-developer] File Type Management


> Someone may be already working on this, but I just wanted to throw this
out for
> public consumption.  I have absoluty no idea who to code this, but it
might be
> a good start for me...
>
> File type management in Windows stinks...  It requires too many 'mouse
miles'.
> Since the mouse is not my favorite input device in the first place, I'm
always
> looking for ways to reduce dependicy on the rodent ;).  What I would like
to
> see is an entry on the context menu (Edit File Type).  That selection
would
> take you to the 'File Type Management' window for the particular file type
that
> you 'right clicked' on.  From that screen, you could change the default
action
> (open), what application performs the default action, add other actions
(edit,
> print, view...) or add applications to an 'Open With' submenu of the
context
> menu.  This way, I can completely manage, say XML files, from a single
context
> click on one XML file.
>
> What do you guys think?  I mostly lurk, so I have no real idea how to
implement
> this. (don't be afraid to tell me to go away...)
>
> Thanks for listening...
>
> Chris Shaffer
> http://holycow.sytes.net
>
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