how to make Firefox use a program on a particular extension

[Claude Jones]

On Saturday April 16 2005 2:18 am, Gustavo Seabra wrote:
> On 4/15/05, Claude Jones <claude_jones at levitjames.com> wrote:
> > On Friday April 15 2005 7:13 pm, Claude Jones wrote:
> > > I've got Kaffeine running on top of mplayer with the WM codecs to play
> > > .wmv video files. BUT, every time I click on one from within Firefox,
> > > it pops up a dialogue asking if I want to use Totem.
> >
> > I add - I have gone and selected Kaffeine from /usr/bin a dozen times,
> > and each time I have clicked on the 'Do this automatically for files like
> > this button' - so again - is there some other place that this file has to
> > be associated for this to stick? Or this a broken feature? I'm in the
> > video production business, so for me, this is not an entertainment
> > question...
>
> Have you tried changing your GNOME preferences? I believe that's where
> firfox looks for file associations.
>
Gustavo: I searched Gnome prefs but couldn't find any place to map file 
extensions. There was a simple file association window that let me pick my 
browser and text editor, and a couple of other things, but I couldn't find 
anything else.
I'm beginning to think that the problem is partly this Firefox issue, and 
partly something else - it would appear that some WM files do play correctly. 
-- 
Claude Jones
Bluemont, VA, USA