On 19.08.2013 17:24, Suvayu Ali wrote: > 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, >
Everyone is free to exercise their script-fu on ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list, right. ;) Let's see whether those who ask to at least try to achieve asked. :) poma -- 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
