Setting for a default program for opening .doc/.docx files

Benjamin Slade

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Aug 30, 2014, 12:42:46 PM8/30/14

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On Linux, how would I go about setting Libreoffice as the default program to use when I click on an attached .doc/docx file? (people keep sending me these files unfortunately).

Eduardo Mercovich

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Sep 1, 2014, 2:57:13 PM9/1/14

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Hi Benjamin.

On Linux, how would I go about setting Libreoffice as the default program to use when I click on an attached .doc/docx file? (people keep sending me these files unfortunately).

Does http://www.libre-software.net/change-the-default-application-linux-mint-ubuntu helps? :)

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Dirk-Jan C. Binnema

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Sep 1, 2014, 9:07:44 PM9/1/14

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mu4e uses `xdg-open' (by default)[1], so you should be able to change
the defaults using `xdg-settings' (see [2] for some examples).

Your distro may have some graphical tool for that as well.

Cheers,
Dirk.

[1] http://www.djcbsoftware.nl/code/mu/mu4e/Opening-and-saving-attachments.html
[2] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/xdg-open
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