Very Computer

I am having a problem associating the Staroffice file types
with with the Sar Office Application upon clicking the file icon.  The
files I create have a Question mark (Unknown) against them, which
means I cannot open the corresponding application from clicking on the
file. ( The file types are AStardoc.sdw and  ASpreadS.sdc )

According to the KDE instructions I need to direct the MIME type to
the Application, using the files in $KDEPATH/Share/Applink.  The
properties of the  configuration file  StarOffce.kdelnk expects a MIME
type ?

The problem is that the Star Office Applications produce *.sdw and
*.sdc as the the file types, not MIME Types.

It is not clear to me from the KDE documentation  from  the KDE Help  
how I make the correspondence.

Many Thanks for any Help.

Jules

I'm not sure if this is the "right" way to do it, but I created my own
mime types for GIMP (*.xcf) files as images/xcf and for WordPerfect
files as application/x-wordperfect (which is probably what you want to
do).  Here's how I did it:

In KFM, in your mimelnk folder [Edit | Mime Types], open "application"
folder and create a new mime type [File | New | Mime Type].  Name it
something descriptive like stardoc.kdelnk or starspread.kdelnk.  You may
get some errors popping up here.  I just dismiss them and open the
"Properties" for each mime type, set the "Pattern" under "Binding" to
whatever the file extension is and fill in the Mime Type with
application/stardoc, etc.

Now, in your applnk folder [Edit | Applications], find the kdelnk to
your Star Office applications or create new ones [File | New |
Application], open the "Properties" and on the "Application" tab at the
bottom right scroll until you find your newly-created mime type and
click the arrow to add it to the left box.

This should enable you to open a file by clicking on it in KFM.  If you
need a little more info or these instructions are just too confusing,
don't hesitate to email me and I'll try to make it easier to understand.

Scott Abbott