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On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 3:11 AM, Helmut Jarausch |
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<jarausch@××××××××××××××××.de> wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> |
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> I don't know Gnome but I use some applications, like the mail-client/balsa. |
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> It opens suitable applications for given mime types (in attachments). |
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> The application invoked is read from /usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache |
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> . |
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> Unfortunately, that file is rebuild after each emerge of a related package. |
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> E.g., having reinstalled media-gfx/gimp it places gimp at the front of the |
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> list of |
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> packages suitable for viewing a postscript file. |
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> Currently I am only able to modify /usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache by |
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> changing |
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> the order of coresponding applications. |
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> |
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> Is there a more elegant (persistent) way? |
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Edit $HOME/.local/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache? It takes |
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precedence over the system one. |
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Regards. |
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Canek Peláez Valdés |
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Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación |
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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
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