Re: Nautilus 3.2.1 and file associations
On Sun, 27 Nov 2011 17:22:51 +0000, Camaleón wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Nov 2011 09:43:15 +0000, Alan Chandler wrote:
>
>> On 26/11/11 21:18, Camaleón wrote:
>>
>>> Anyway, try this:
>>>
>>> http://askubuntu.com/questions/82652/file-association-to-unlisted-
application
>>>
>>> It basically says that you have to append a trailing "%U" at
>>> "/usr/share/ applications/freemind.deskop" file, at the "Exec" stanza,
>>> that is:
>>>
>>> ***
>>> Exec=/usr/bin/freemind %U ***
>>>
>>> Now the application should be listed at the "Open with..." menu so you
>>> can now set it as the default for that kind of file types.
>>>
>>>
>> Actually it is incomplete - you need to also (or maybe only) edit the
>> setting in ~/.local/share/applications/freemind.desktop
>
> Hum... It worked for me by just editing the suggested file (and I even
> don't have Freemind installed at all).
That's because the .desktop file in ~/.local will override the default
in /usr
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