3.1.1.3. Opening files
If a file is recognized by eyeOS and is associated to an installed application, you can
just click on the file without any action selected Action, and the appropiate application
will be launched opening the file.
Some file types that will be recognized by eyeOS by default are:
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Images (.bmp, .png, .jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .tiff) will be opened with the eyeOS
Image Viewer.
● MP3 Music files (.mp3) will be opened with the eyeOS Music Player.
● Videos and movies (.flv, .avi, .divx...) will be opened with eyeVideo or
eyeMovies, depending if the DivX plugin is needed or not.
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Microsoft Word Documents (.doc) and eyeOS Documents (.eyedoc) will be
opened with eyeDocs, the eyeOS Word Processor.
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Compressed files (.zip, .tar, .tbz, .tbz2, .tgz, .tar.gz, .tar.bz2) will be opened
with eyeArchive, the eyeOS compressing and uncompressing tool.
● Text files (.eyecode, .txt, .py, .pl, .c, .cc) will be opened with eyeNotes.
● eyePackages, the eyeOS installable packages (.eyepackage) will be opened
with eyeInstaller, but only if you are logged in as root.
3.2. eyeDocs: The word processor
eyeDocs is the eyeOS word processor. With eyeDocs you can create and edit rich
documents in both eyeOS Document format or in Microsoft Word format.
3.2.1. Creating a document
To create a new document, open eyeDocs. You can do it from the Office menu in
eyeDock. A new document will appear, so you can start writing. (see Illustration 12).