Re: Setting default GNOME settings with XDG_DATA_DIRS
On Fri, 2010-08-27 at 15:50 -0400, John A. Sullivan III wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-08-25 at 13:15 +0000, Camaleón wrote:
> > 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.
> Yes, indeed, if we place defaults.list in ~/.local/share/applications/
> it works.
> >
> > >> "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?
> We do not use $XDG_DATA_HOME but rather $XDG_DATA_DIRS and it is set to:
> XDG_DATA_DIRS=/data/.Common/xdg/default:/usr/share:/usr/local/share::/opt/trinity/share/:/usr/share/
>
> I believe XDG_DATA_HOME is for repointing the user's configuration
> directory, e.g., ~/.local.
>
> As per the links referenced below:
> "Default applications to use for specific MIME types should be specified
> in a file called defaults.list. This file is located in the applications
> subdirectory for each directory in $XDG_DATA_HOME and $XDG_DATA_DIRS."
> >
> > 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
> <snip>
> Thanks for the links.
>
> I think we see the problem, the values in $XDG_DATA_DIRS are being
> superseded by /usr/share/gnome/applications/defaults.list which is a
> symbolic link to /etc/gnome-vfs-2.0/defaults.list. Where is
> this /usr/share/gnome/applications coming from and why is it overriding
> XDG_DATA_DIRS? Thanks - John
>
>
>
In fact, if I rename /etc/gnome-vfs-2.0/defaults.list, all works as
expected but I hesitate to do that. I would rather change the search
priority but I have no idea where /usr/share/gnome/ is being added to
the search path. It is not in XDG_DATA_DIRS. Thanks - John
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