Default viewer in Gnome

[Frank Wiles]

On 31 Jul 2003 14:52:42 +0000
Apollo <apollo7772 at comcast.net> wrote:

> When in Gnome, I double click on an image file and it opens in Eye of
> Gnome.   I don't like Eye of gnome and the more I work on this problem
> the more I hate it.  I really want image files to open in Gqview so I
> can thumb through several of them.  I have tried to change the default
> image viewer to Gqview but when I double click on the image file it
> keeps opening in Eye of Gnome.  I have searched Google on this topic
> and found some tutorials on how to change the default but they aren't
> helping.
> 
> What I've done is gone in to 'File types and programs', selected
> Images/jpeg, click Edit, and under 'Default action' and I set gqview
> at the default.  I then go back to foo.jpg, double click on it and it
> still opens in Eye of Gnome.   I can right click on it and view in
> gqview but thats not what I want. 
> It is possible to double click on a .jpg, .bmp, etc and have it open
> with whatever viewer you want or does Gnome LOCK you in to using Eye
> of Gnome?

  Have you restarted Gnome since you made the change? I'm not 100%
  it is necessary, but it couldn't hurt to try. 

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   Frank Wiles <frank at wiles.org>
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