[SOLVED] Firefox: How can I always show a program to open with?

When downloading files, there are the Open With and Save As options. On Ubuntu, the Open With option had the default program for opening the specified kind of file in the drop-down and the Browse option to find a program to open it with. On Arch I just have the Browse option. Is there a way I can add certain programs to this drop-down? I am aware that you can set Firefox to always open certain kinds of files with a certain program, but that does not give me the option to choose to open or download, it just always opens.
Last edited by linkmaster03 (2009-05-25 17:05:40)

You need a ~/.mailcap file. If you don't have a .mailcap, it looks in /etc/mailcap. It'll look something like this:
application/msword;/usr/bin/ooowriter %s
application/pdf;/usr/bin/epdfview %s
So first you list the mime-type, and then the associated program after a semicolon. %s represents the file to be passed on.
---Edit---
You don't need the /usr/bin/ part if it's in your $PATH.
Alternatively, you can edit mimeTypes.rdf in your firefox profile: http://kb.mozillazine.org/MimeTypes.rdf
Last edited by Berticus (2009-05-25 14:17:29)

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