| From: | Richard Lane |
| Date: | 10 Mar 2001 at 11:33:35 |
| Subject: | [D5] Re: Open with |
Hello Keith
On 10-Mar-01, Keith Halstead wrote:
>> I have looked in the docs, but am missing how to edit the "open with" list
>> and add more entries.
>
> You can edit DOpus5:System/OpenWith in a text editor or get DO5extPrefs from
> Aminet.
>
> Before you edit "OpenWith", make sure there are at least a couple of
> programs already in the "Open with" menu - just so you will see what format
> the text file has to be in.
There is the easy way of course as per the manual. :)
Select the "Open With" entry and select the program you want to use. Though
this is limited to the number of entries set in
"Environment/Miscellaneous/Max Open With Entries", add any more and the last
one dissapears. Which imho shouldn't be a problem as you can set it for
whatever you like.
I must admit I don't use this too much as it's very limited and doesn't always
work for some programs, I much prefer to use an entry in a filetype for
starting any program(s) to view or edit a file.
> I don't know what will happen if you type more entries into the file than
> you have set in the "Environment/Miscellaneous/Max Open With Entries"
> setting so be careful (or if being careful doesn't appeal, experiment!).
Just tried it out of curiosity, it displays them OK, but add any more via the
proper method than the maximum set and it chops the top one off.
Regards