Re: [gentoo-user] /usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache - how to manange it?

[Mick]

On Tuesday 05 Jul 2011 08:24:29 Helmut Jarausch wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I don't know how the /usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache is built.
>
> But I don't like some ``priorities'' in there, e.g.
> I'd like to change the sequence of applications for html.
>
> Currently I have
> text/html=seamonkey.desktop;opera-
> browser.desktop;firefox.desktop;bluefish.desktop;midori.desktop;epiphany
> kfmclient_html.desktop;kde4-kimagemapeditor.desktop;
>
> and I'd like to see midori.desktop first in that list.
>
> Editing mimeinfo.cache  only helps for a short since it gets rebuilt
> by nearly? each emerge.
>
> Many thanks for a hint,
> Helmut.

You'll need to set you user preferences in 
~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list as described here:

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/242645

HTH.
-- 
Regards,
Mick