On Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:58:37 +0000, Walter Hurry wrote: > On Sun, 27 Nov 2011 17:22:51 +0000, Camaleón wrote: > >> On Sun, 27 Nov 2011 09:43:15 +0000, Alan Chandler wrote: >> >>> On 26/11/11 21:18, Camaleón wrote: >>> >>>> Anyway, try this: >>>> >>>> http://askubuntu.com/questions/82652/file-association-to-unlisted-application >>>> >>>> It basically says that you have to append a trailing "%U" at >>>> "/usr/share/ applications/freemind.deskop" file, at the "Exec" >>>> stanza, that is: >>>> >>>> *** >>>> Exec=/usr/bin/freemind %U *** >>>> >>>> Now the application should be listed at the "Open with..." menu so >>>> you can now set it as the default for that kind of file types. >>>> >>>> >>> Actually it is incomplete - you need to also (or maybe only) edit the >>> setting in ~/.local/share/applications/freemind.desktop >> >> Hum... It worked for me by just editing the suggested file (and I even >> don't have Freemind installed at all). > > > That's because the .desktop file in ~/.local will override the default > in /usr
Sure, that's why the proposed solution it simply works (the "~/.local/share/applications/freemind.desktop" does not exist unless the user had tried to do the file association before and by doing so the local file is generated). 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.2011.11.28.14.42...@gmail.com
