diff --git a/src/sampleconf/mimeview.mac b/src/sampleconf/mimeview.mac
index fc24b8b1..9677e472 100644
--- a/src/sampleconf/mimeview.mac
+++ b/src/sampleconf/mimeview.mac
@@ -29,12 +29,18 @@ application/epub+zip = ebook-viewer %f
 # opening them as html documents:
 #text/html|epub = ebook-viewer %F;ignoreipath=1
 
+application/x-gnote = gnote %f
+
 application/x-mobipocket-ebook = ebook-viewer %f
 
 application/x-kword = kword %f
 application/x-abiword = abiword %f
 
+# Note: the Linux Mint evince clones, atril and xread, have the same options
 application/pdf  = evince --page-index=%p --find=%s %f
+# Or:
+#application/pdf  = qpdfview --search %s %f#%p
+
 application/postscript = evince --page-index=%p --find=%s %f
 application/x-dvi = evince --page-index=%p --find=%s  %f
 
@@ -74,9 +80,19 @@ application/vnd.sun.xml.writer.template = libreoffice %f
 application/vnd.wordperfect = libreoffice %f
 text/rtf = libreoffice %f
 
-application/x-chm = kchmviewer %f
 application/x-dia-diagram = dia %f
+
 application/x-fsdirectory = dolphin %f
+inode/directory = dolphin %f
+
+# Both dolphin and nautilus can pre-select a file inside a
+# directory. Thunar can't afaik. xdg-open cant pass an additional
+# parameters so these are to be xallexcepts.
+application/x-fsdirectory|parentopen = dolphin --select %(childurl) %f
+inode/directory|parentopen = dolphin --select %(childurl) %f
+#application/x-fsdirectory|parentopen = nautilus %(childurl)
+#inode/directory|parentopen = nautilus %(childurl)
+
 application/x-gnuinfo = xterm -e "info -f %f"
 application/x-gnumeric = gnumeric %f
 
@@ -95,8 +111,25 @@ image/x-xcf = gimp %f
 image/bmp = gwenview %f
 image/x-ms-bmp = gwenview %f
 image/x-xpmi = gwenview %f
+image/x-nikon-nef = ufraw %f
 
+# Opening mail messages:
+#  - Thunderbird will only open a single-message file if it has an .eml
+#    extension
+#  - "sylpheed %f" seems to work ok as of version 3.3
+#  - "kmail --view %u" works
+#  - claws-mail: works using a small intermediary shell-script, which you
+#    set as the viewer here. You need to have at least one account inside
+#    claws-mail, so that it creates ~/Mail/inbox. Script contents example
+#    follows. Using 1 is probably not a good idea if this is a real account
+#    (here I am using a bogus one, so that I can overwrite anything inside
+#    inbox at will):
+#          #!/bin/bash
+#          cp $1 ~/Mail/inbox/1
+#          claws-mail --select ~/Mail/inbox/1
+#          rm ~/Mail/inbox/1
 message/rfc822 = thunderbird -file %f
+
 text/x-mail = thunderbird -file %f
 application/x-mimehtml = thunderbird -file %f
 
@@ -138,6 +171,7 @@ text/x-csv = libreoffice %f
 text/x-html-sidux-man = konqueror %f
 text/x-html-aptosid-man = iceweasel %f
 
+application/x-chm = kchmviewer %f
 # Html pages inside a chm have a chm rclaptg set by the filter. Kchmviewer
 # knows how to use the ipath (which is the internal chm path) to open the
 # file at the right place