Re: Re: mime-types without gnome

> >  In short: create a .desktop file in /usr/local/share/applications
> >  (look in /usr/share/applications for examples) and run
> >  update-desktop-database. 
> > 
> > I did so, and put into the the .desktop file the following line:
> > 
> >   [MIME Cache]
> >   video/mpg=gxine.desktop
> 
> Apparently that "in short" was a bit too short. It should mean:
> "look in one of the .desktop files in /usr/share/applications for
> examples, but don't look in mimeinfo.cache".

Yes, I suppose the original comment should have been, "put one of the
*.desktop files into /usr/share/applications."

I copied the galeon.desktop file into /usr/share/applications and ran
update-desktop-database. It created a mimeinfo.cache file with the
lines:

  [MIME Cache]
  application/xml=galeon.desktop
  text/xml=galeon.desktop
  application/html+xml=galeon.desktop
  text/html=galeon.desktop

But if I now double click an .mpg file, galeon still opens only a save
dialog with the comment, "It is not possible to view this file
directly in the browser."

I tried adding the gxine.desktop file and rebuilt the mimeinfo.cache,
but it had no effect.  

Haines Brown 


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