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.
-- Rex