xdg-utils vs GNOME/XFCE (Fedora 8)

wwp subscript at free.fr
Wed Mar 19 10:16:20 UTC 2008


Hello Rex,


On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:59:48 -0500 Rex Dieter <rdieter at math.unl.edu> wrote:

> wwp wrote:
> 
> > Hello there,
> > 
> > 
> > I can't get some custom MIME settings to work in GNOME and XFCE. When I
> > set them using xdg-utils and the xdg-mime command I use returns 0.
> > konqueror even acknowledges the changes. I tried restarting my GNOME
> > and XFCE sessions, but my custom MIME types are not effective in
> > nautilus and thunar.
> 
> kde (v3 anyway) uses a different MIME system than gnome/xfce(*), so setting
> a mimetype within a kde3 session affects *only* kde (and like-wise setting
> a mime association from within gnome/xfce won't touch kde).

Well, except that I don't use a KDE-specific way to define MIME, I use
xdg-utils, which are - tell me if I'm wrong - supposed to do it for
KDE/GNOME/whatever desktops they support and are installed?


Regards,

-- 
wwp
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