Hi,
> When I try to set konq. to use xmms for mp3 files, it claims to update > the system configuration but then immediately forgets. I'm getting a very similar thing trying to change text file associations to NEdit. I also can't set NEdit to open without launch feedback. It seems the problem is that the .desktop file is /var/lib/menu-xdg/applications/menu-xdg/nedit.desktop and I don't have permissions, obviously, to change that. I don't know how KDE normally does this - it just seems to work fine. More experimenting: If I change the association to an app that already was in the list, and whose .desktop file is in /usr/share/applications/kde, then it remembers it fine. (With NEdit, I had to add NEdit to the list of possible apps first) If I try to change properties for any of the other apps (e.g. kate, kwrite), even the ones that had been in /usr/share/applications/kde, Konq immediately forgets the association and removes the item from the list of possible apps. If I use 'Add...' to add them again, KDE creates a file ~/.kde/share/applnk/.hidden/, based on the one in /var/lib/menu-xdg/applications/menu-xdg/ (definitely not the one in /usr/share/applications/kde) and it is least usable from them on - it remembers it, and I can change settings. This doesn't work with nedit, because it's .desktop file is in a different location, I presume. My only solution is this: when using 'Add' to add an to the list of applications, don't use the correct name (e.g. I used Nedit instead of nedit). This will create a new file in ~/.kde/share/applnk/.hidden/, which you can then correct as needed. I've no idea if this is KDE or Debian bug, or what (don't know how this is supposed to work). Luke -- "Smoking cures weight problems...eventually..." (Steven Wright) Luke Plant || L.Plant.98 (at) cantab.net || http://lukeplant.me.uk
