Squeeze (x86_64, recently installed). Desktop environment is LXDE, though with a few GNOME applications in the mix.
I am having some trouble with xdg-open. I try a simple example: walterh@saturn:~/log$ xdg-open backup.log Warning: unknown mime-type for "backup.log" -- using "application/octet- stream" Error: no "view" mailcap rules found for type "application/octet-stream" So it looks as though there is some information missing about how to handle various mimetypes. After a bit of searching and perusing man pages, I come to this: walterh@saturn:~/log$ xdg-mime query filetype backup.log text/plain; charset=us-ascii Evidently it knows that the file is type text/plain (presumably from the magic number). walterh@saturn:~/log$ xdg-mime query default text/plain walterh@saturn:~/log$ It appears then, that there is no default application for mimetype text/ plain. The xdg-mime man page tells me that to register an application as default for a given mimetype, I should do this: walterh@saturn:~/log$ xdg-mime default gedit.desktop text/plain I do so, and note that a new file has been created: walterh@saturn:~/log$ cat ~/.local/share/applications/defaults.list [Default Applications] text/plain=gedit.desktop and that xdg-open backup.log now opens the file in gedit. OK, now to make it the systemwide default. After verifying that this is the only defaults.list in the entire filesystem, I try: sudo mv ~/.local/share/applications/defaults.list /usr/share/applications walterh@saturn:~/log$ sudo updatedb walterh@saturn:~/log$ locate defaults.list /usr/share/applications/defaults.list Indeed, xdg-open backup.log still works. So my questions are: Why was this file not installed and built for me as packages were installed? Surely I shouldn't need to build this file by hand? Is there a package missing? I am sure that I have never deleted the file. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/j16crp$4mn$1...@dough.gmane.org
