Gnome 2.8 file association problem

[Rodolfo J. Paiz]

On Tue, 2004-11-23 at 08:39 -0800, Richard Quint wrote:
> A second Gnome question.  I have tried googling for help on how to 
> associate a particular type of XML file (known by its extension) with a 
> default application without success.  Anyone know how to do this?  The 
> application is Maple 9.5, which saves its worksheets as XML files with 
> the extension .ms.
> 

Create a maple.desktop file in /usr/share/applications. This will put it
into the menu and will also control the file associations. Use another
file as a template, it's not that hard. Check back if you need help.

Cheers,

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Rodolfo J. Paiz <rpaiz at simpaticus.com>