Bug 210304

Summary:	Allow selection of default rss reader
Product:	[Applications] systemsettings	Reporter:	Elmar Stellnberger (AT/K) <estellnb>
Component:	kcm_componentchooser	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	bugseforuns, cfeck, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
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Description Elmar Stellnberger (AT/K) 2009-10-12 11:52:09 UTC

Version:           Unbekannt (using 4.3.1 (KDE 4.3.1) "release 3", openSUSE Factory)
Compiler:          gcc
OS:                Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.31-rc9-7-default

  It would be nice if the standard rss-reader could be selected as standard-component like a web-browser or email application. At the moment I have to set akregator as standard application to open *.rss files which should for the future be preconfigured that way.  I would suggest the std-entry for *.rss to be kept in sync with the selection as standard-component.

Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2009-10-13 01:44:57 UTC

Does editing the preferred application for filetype ".rss" help? You can configure filetypes with System Settings->Advanced->File Associations. File type for rss is "application/rss+xml".

Comment 2 Elmar Stellnberger (AT/K) 2009-10-15 17:07:19 UTC

  Hmm, I know that from KDE3 but can no more find it in the system settings of KDE4. 
  Unfortunately setting the default application to open *.rss (by right click on an rss) does not always help when browsing the web. KDE4-konqueror still opens my rss at http://www.elstel.com as plain text although my link specifies the mime type of the target:
  <a rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://mirror.elstel.com/elstel.rss" title="elstel - site updates" >
(May be because the server returns the wrong mime type in the HTTP-response, but this is something I can not change. Anyway the type field in a_href should override the mime type of the target!)
  Besides the possibility to change the file association for *.rss the default rss reader should be more easily selectable as standard component like email or instant messenger.
  (In a fact this are now three different issues; you may ask me to open separate reports for them; this one is mainly about adding the rss-reader as standard-component; others: interprete target-attr of <a href>, add changing file assoc. to system settings.)

Comment 3 Elmar Stellnberger (AT/K) 2009-10-15 17:38:29 UTC

> Does editing the preferred application for filetype ".rss" help?
No, in a fact it does not. This is another bug.
Even rss-es of professional sites as http://www.regenwald.org/RSS/rdr_aktionen_de.xml are opened as text/plain though their server returns the correct mime-type in the HTTP-header.