When I look at a folder of mixed document formats, they all say "Document".
This goes for other file types like image and audio.

I'd like to know if there is a way to edit some table to change .odt files from Document to 'LO Docuemnt'
??

Big Al <Bears@invalid.com>:
> When I look at a folder of mixed document formats, they all say "Document".
> This goes for other file types like image and audio.
>
> I'd like to know if there is a way to edit some table to change .odt files from Document to 'LO Docuemnt'
> ??

Not to my knowledge. However, if you check 'MIME Type' in the 'Preferences /
List Colums', you get more detailed file type info in an additional column, but
not more than the file extension tells you. So why bother?

Yrrah

On 2/18/22 11:32, this is what Yrrah wrote:
> Big Al <Bears@invalid.com>:
>
>> When I look at a folder of mixed document formats, they all say "Document".
>> This goes for other file types like image and audio.
>>
>> I'd like to know if there is a way to edit some table to change .odt files from Document to 'LO Docuemnt'
>> ??
>
> Not to my knowledge. However, if you check 'MIME Type' in the 'Preferences /
> List Colums', you get more detailed file type info in an additional column, but
> not more than the file extension tells you. So why bother?
>
> Yrrah
I tried that and it's a bit wordy but it does what I kinda want. All the music, mp3,ogg,wav etc will now sort by that column. The wordy
and size is my issue. I'd like 'audio-mp3', 'audio-ogg' etc More user friendly file types.

Oh well, it's just a question and not an issue.

THanks. Yrrah

Big Al <Bears@invalid.com>:

> >> When I look at a folder of mixed document formats, they all say "Document".
> >> This goes for other file types like image and audio.
> >>
> >> I'd like to know if there is a way to edit some table to change .odt files from Document to 'LO Docuemnt'

> > Not to my knowledge. However, if you check 'MIME Type' in the 'Preferences /
> > List Colums', you get more detailed file type info in an additional column, but
> > not more than the file extension tells you. So why bother?

> I tried that and it's a bit wordy but it does what I kinda want. All the music, mp3,ogg,wav etc will now sort by that column. The wordy
> and size is my issue. I'd like 'audio-mp3', 'audio-ogg' etc More user friendly file types.

That's because MIME Type indicates both the nature (e.g. video) and the format.
(e.g. matroska) of the file.
BTW, you don't need the 'Type' column if you've checked 'MIME Type' in Nemo's
preferences. Or you could use Double Commander. That file manager has a separate
file extension column. I prefer a MIME Type (nature/format) column.

(DC: https://doublecmd.sourceforge.io/ )

Yrrah

On 02/18/2022 09:50 AM, Big Al wrote:
> When I look at a folder of mixed document formats, they all say "Document".
> This goes for other file types like image and audio.
>
> I'd like to know if there is a way to edit some table to change .odt
> files from Document to 'LO Docuemnt' ??

Not sure if this helps but can you install Konqueror? That's what I use
on XFCE and it shows the correct formats.

On 2/28/22 18:16, this is what Alan Smithee wrote:
> On 02/18/2022 09:50 AM, Big Al wrote:
>> When I look at a folder of mixed document formats, they all say "Document".
>> This goes for other file types like image and audio.
>>
>> I'd like to know if there is a way to edit some table to change .odt
>> files from Document to 'LO Docuemnt' ??
>
>
> Not sure if this helps but can you install Konqueror? That's what I use on XFCE and it shows the correct formats.

Thanks, but it's not that big of an issue. But thanks, I'll keep as a tidbit of info to try. I may load XFCE in a vm.