On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 10:54:45 -0500, Jason Hsu wrote: > On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 10:30:32 +0000 (UTC) Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> > Where are the file associations in the Thunar file manager, and how >> > do I change them? When I click on a file in the Thunar window >> > manager, I still get AbiWord for *.doc and *.odt files and Gnumeric >> > for *.xls files. >> >> (...) >> >> Take a look into this forum thread (specially message #5) and see if >> that helps: >> >> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=76836
> I looked at the /usr/share/mime/glob and /usr/share/mime/glob2 files, > and it says at the top that these files should not be edited because > they were generated with the update-mime-database command. > > So how do I use the update-mime-database command to make the changes I > need to make? Hum... true. That scares a bit, I agree :-) If you want to take the correct path, take a look at GNOME docs for mime types and how to edit them in the right way: http://library.gnome.org/admin/system-admin-guide/stable/mimetypes-modifying.html.en or this one from FreeDesktop: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/AddingMIMETutor Greetings, -- Camaleón -- 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/pan.2011.08.13.18.20...@gmail.com