Firefox::::: ugh.

[nawcom]

you can set up the mimetype for your user ($HOME/.mailcap) or globally 
(/etc/mailcap)

by adding the line "application-smil: /location/of/realplay" to the file.

I guess I'm confused, are you expecting the realplay binary to be in 
X11R6/bin, or are you confused about where and how to manually set up 
the mimetype?
you can figure out where realplay is by running "which realplay" in a 
console - as long as the path is set up in the shell's $PATH variable.


Gary Kline wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 03:10:01AM +0200, Danny Pansters wrote:
>  
>> On Tuesday 25 April 2006 02:35, Gary Kline wrote:
>>    
>>>     If firefox is supposedly superior to every other browser,
>>>     why, when it sees a realplayer "smil" file, does it pop up
>>>     a rectangle with radio-button  options and a "BROWSE" button?
>>>
>>>     I press BROWSE and another frame opens.  I click on X11R6 and
>>>     eventually get to bin, and there the only file I see is
>>>     "xauth".  ...CCan anybody 'splain this?
>>>
>>>     gary
>>>       
>> Set mime types and handlers correctly?
>>
>> I use KDE and konqueror, but once in a while I have to set some mine 
>> type -> handler things and it looks like you got a similar thing.
>>
>> Dan
>>     
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>     Ok, *which* mimetypes?  There are mime files in ~/. and in
>     various ~/.mozilla directories?  At least 2 in .mozilla--
>     one for firefox, one for mozilla.  These are named 
>     mimeTypes.rdf.  Be nice if firefox considered that thhere
>     are a few of us old time CLI guys still around!
>
>     With mozilla, there are places to type in specs about the
>     "helper" apps; things such as files suffixed with ".smil"
>     use realplay.  As do several other files.  Both realplay
>     and mplayer can do everything (in theory); I've stuck
>     with realplay.
>
>     thanks, Dan, but I'm still lost.
>
>     gary
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