[Bug 74339] Re: Total lack of support for editing of the MIME database.

2007-05-27 Thread Sebastien Bacher
not a bug, rather a request to code an editor. Closing the bug, should be discussed on a list rather ** Changed in: meta-gnome2 (Ubuntu) Status: Needs Info => Rejected -- Total lack of support for editing of the MIME database. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/74339 You received this bug no

Re: [Bug 74339] Re: Total lack of support for editing of the MIME database.

2007-04-16 Thread mmxbass
I would fix it (if I hadn't switched to Kubuntu already) by making an editor application to edit the user's mime settings in ~/.local On Monday 16 April 2007 11:40 am, Daniel Holbach wrote: > Where would you try to fix this? > > ** Changed in: meta-gnome2 (Ubuntu) >Importance: Medium => Low

[Bug 74339] Re: Total lack of support for editing of the MIME database.

2007-04-16 Thread Daniel Holbach
Where would you try to fix this? ** Changed in: meta-gnome2 (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium => Low -- Total lack of support for editing of the MIME database. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/74339 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug as

[Bug 74339] Re: Total lack of support for editing of the MIME database.

2006-12-06 Thread mmxbass
You know what? I'm going to write an application to manage the local user's mime types myself and upload the source here when I'm finished. Check back in a couple of days. -- Total lack of support for editing of the MIME database. https://launchpad.net/bugs/74339 -- desktop-bugs mailing list de

[Bug 74339] Re: Total lack of support for editing of the MIME database.

2006-12-06 Thread mmxbass
Check the article at http://www.gnome.org/learn/admin-guide/latest /mimetypes-database.html -- Total lack of support for editing of the MIME database. https://launchpad.net/bugs/74339 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bu

[Bug 74339] Re: Total lack of support for editing of the MIME database.

2006-12-06 Thread mmxbass
Consider the contents of /home/username/.local/share/mime Here is contained the mime overrides for various metadata attributes of file types. -- Total lack of support for editing of the MIME database. https://launchpad.net/bugs/74339 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com h

[Bug 74339] Re: Total lack of support for editing of the MIME database.

2006-12-06 Thread mmxbass
That is a a minor patchover and does not solve what I am trying to do. I know how to edit the mime DB myself. My issue here is that changing the "Open With" option simply overrides the default application handler. It doesn't change the underlying mime type. For example: you could right click on H

[Bug 74339] Re: Total lack of support for editing of the MIME database.

2006-12-06 Thread Daniel Holbach
If it's something else, please try to explain what problem you're trying to solve. -- Total lack of support for editing of the MIME database. https://launchpad.net/bugs/74339 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs

[Bug 74339] Re: Total lack of support for editing of the MIME database.

2006-12-06 Thread Daniel Holbach
Thanks for your report. What are you trying to do? If you want to determine which opens which file type, try right-clicking on the file, choose 'Properties' and then 'Open With' (fourth tab). Does that help? ** Changed in: meta-gnome2 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium Assignee: (un