Hello Rex,
On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:58:11 -0500 Rex Dieter rdieter@math.unl.edu wrote:
wwp wrote:
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?
OK, you're wrong. :) That's not how xdg-utils (mime support anyway), works, I'm afraid.
It operates on whichever desktop you're currently in (only), not on all desktops currently installed.
OK, good to know! Thanks for the tip. My assertion about MIME install was wrongly deduced by the fact that xdg-desktop-icon and xdg-desktop-menu does affect all (installed) desktops with one call only.
Regards,