Re: Setting default GNOME settings with XDG_DATA_DIRS
On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:14:39 -0400, John A. Sullivan III wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-08-25 at 06:45 +0000, Camaleón wrote:
>> (...)
>>
>> Does it work if you place the "defaults.list" file in "~/.local/share/
>> applications"?
> I did not try that but it would defeat the purpose of centralized
> administration.
That was just intended to check your setup.
If that works, then something is missing at your side. If that also fail,
then you could open a bug report.
>> "echo $XDG_DATA_HOME" returns nothing on my box (not set), so I guess
>> the default path applies ("$HOME/.local/share").
> Yes, we intentionally set it. Otherwise, the defaults are simply
> /usr/share and /usr/local/share.
And what is output of that command?
JFYI:
XDG Base Directory Specification
http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
Registering Applications for MIME Types
http://library.gnome.org/admin/system-admin-guide/stable/mimetypes-registering.html.en
Greetings,
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Camaleón
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