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Re: gtk2 environment, what controls it?



vr wrote at 2009-10-27 16:37 -0500:
> On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:24:14 -0600, green wrote:
> > vr wrote at 2009-10-22 23:23 -0600:
> >> Before the upgrade I was able to associate file types, jpg, , etc., with
> >> default applications like qiv and then double click on a JPG to view the
> >> file. Same with pdf, mpg, etc. Now when I double-click I get the X wrist
> >> watch for a moment and then nothing. 
> > 
> > Not GTK I think, but MIME.  Notice that pcmanfm depends on the
> > shared-mime-info 
> > package.
> > 
> > You can find a particular file's MIME type with the file command and -i
> > option.
> > 
> > You might try the mimeopen and mimeview commands (from
> > libfile-mimeinfo-perl 
> > and mailutils, respectively) and their man pages.
> > 
> > Perhaps someone else will help you past here; I know little about MIME.

> In pcmanfm the "type" is listed as "executable" when the file is chmod
> 700. When the file is double clicked the wait-watch is displayed briefly
> and nothing happens. If the file is chmod 600, pcmanfm brings up the
> "Choose an Application" dialog. Does anyone know how this list is
> populated? 

You probably want to drop the executable flag, except on directories.
$ chmod -x $FILE

> In pcmanfm there's also the option to right click on a file and "open
> with..." and when I check the box to always open, for example MP3, with
> Audacious2, it does not retain the association. Doing this a couple times
> shows Audacious2 in the menu more than once. I cannot find where these
> lists are stored and have grepped recursively through $HOME (grep -r -i
> audacious *) with no results.

Did you try mimeopen?  It seems to coincide with what pcmanfm does.  The -d 
option lets you select a default; that should change the default for pcmanfm 
also.

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