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Title: How do I find helper app based on file mimetype?
Post by: dmccuskey on July 12, 2004, 07:10:57 pm

Hello,

I am looking for a way to launch a helper app (web browser) based on a file's mimetype (.html).

my scenario:
i have downloaded various web pages/.pdfs and have their file name/path in a QListView. I want a user to be able to select one and launch a browser (or whatever the correct app is) to view the file residing on the filesystem.

Questions are:

What is the part of Qtopia/Linux which knows about mimetypes from /opt/QtPalmtop/etc/mime.types and associates apps from their respective .desktop?

Can I do this in Qtopia/pyQt?

Can I do this from straight Python?

At the least, if I could communicate with some part of the system and find out what applications handle a certain mimetype, then I could launch it using exec() or something while passing in the filename as a parameter.
I'm pretty new to Zaurus/pyQt programming, so I'm not sure what tools I have at my disposal.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thank you,
david