[Bug 26243] New: WineFAQ: 7.5. I want to associate a native program with a file type in Wine

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26243

Summary: WineFAQ: 7.5. I want to associate a native program
                    with a file type in Wine
           Product: Wine
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: x86
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]

Hi,
I have submitted a change to the WineFAQ but it seems like you don't like it -
as it keeps getting reverted... I'll try to explain the change here (as a last
attempt)

In section 7.5. "I want to associate a native program with a file type in Wine"
If the argument to the program contains spaces it will not work - so I have
added sed to change " " (spaces) to "\ " like:

#!/bin/sh
$1 "`wine winepath -u "$2"`" | sed 's/ /\ /'

I.e. you try to open a .doc file named "my document.doc" then without sed,
openoffice will not be able to open the file. With sed added it will.
I'm sure that I'm not the only one with this problem.

Another minor thing: I believe most people will find it easier to understand if
you use ~ as the reference to home instead of telling them to: "make sure that
$HOME/bin directory is in your $PATH."

But that's just my two cents
Sincerely, 
Kim Jensen

[Bug 26243] WineFAQ: 7.5. I want to associate a native program with a file type in Wine

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26243

Juan Lang  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |INVALID

--- Comment #1 from Juan Lang  2011-02-25 10:44:36 CST ---
This isn't a Wine bug.  It's also not an appropriate forum to discuss such
things, please do so on the mailing list.

[Bug 26243] WineFAQ: 7.5. I want to associate a native program with a file type in Wine

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26243

Juan Lang  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|RESOLVED                    |CLOSED

--- Comment #2 from Juan Lang  2011-02-25 10:44:50 CST ---
Closing invalid.

[Bug 26243] WineFAQ: 7.5. I want to associate a native program with a file type in Wine

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26243

--- Comment #3 from Kim Jensen  2011-02-25 12:38:44 CST ---
I was just trying to help - but that is a difficult task I see, and that's
shame.

I was not allowed to do so using the wiki
It is not a "real" bug, so I can't use Bugzilla
Well perhaps some mailing list will accept my request otherwise I give up.

[Bug 26243] WineFAQ: 7.5. I want to associate a native program with a file type in Wine

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26243

--- Comment #4 from Alexandre Julliard  2011-02-25 12:41:17 CST ---
http://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-devel/2011-February/089031.html

[Bug 26243] WineFAQ: 7.5. I want to associate a native program with a file type in Wine

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26243

--- Comment #5 from Kim Jensen  2011-02-25 16:24:59 CST ---
I apologize that I have not been thorough enough in my test.
Regarding ~ it is obviously my fault - I was too quick on the trigger so to
speak.

The second error - regarding pipe and sed - is still weird.
It is true that sed and pipe do nothing, but if I unplug it, then I can not
open files with spaces. This is probably a configuration error /
misunderstanding by me. At least I think so because I have found out that there
is a difference whether the command ends with a space or not: >$1 "`wine
winepath -u "$2"`"

However my open command looks different from that described in the FAQ (but I
could not get that to work). Therefore my looks like this:
/bin/sh /home/kjensen/bin/run_linx_program ooffice "% 1"

I'm not sure why, but it works for me now but it is not due to "sed".

Sincerely,
Kim Jensen