On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 10:08:19AM -0400, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > > How xdg-mime would be used to change this is not obvious to me after reading > the man page.
It is actually not trivial! I do not think the mimetype argument to xdg-mime takes a glob. This makes it more difficult since now you have to set the default for each file type. Here is a simple example: To find out the mimetype of a file: $ xdg-mime query filetype Wait\ until\ dark\ -\ Audrey\ Hepburn.avi video/x-msvideo Now you can set the default like this: $ xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/x-msvideo As you can see, you have to repeat this for all file types. It would be simpler if you could just say 'video/*', but I don't think you can. If someone knows an easier way to add a class of files in one go, I would be very interested to know. Hope this helps, -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
