xftree and registration

[Neal]

On Thu, 2003-01-23 at 19:36, Brett I. Holcomb wrote:
> What exactly is the purpose of registration in xftree.  From what I can
> see it simply adds an item to the right click menu that I can select. 
> For example if I associate *.avi files with gmplayer I get an additional
> menu item that allows me to select it and which will play the avi file. 
> However, if I double click on the avi file I get an "exec format" error.
>  Is registration supposed to be the eqivalenet of association on other
> desktop environments and actually allow you to run the program by double
> clicking?
> 
Yes, basically, a data file is associated with an application. 
Double-clicking will call the registered (associated) application.

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Neal