Mime

[Danilo Piazzalunga]

Ola Andersson wrote:
> How does mime (file-application association) work in
> ubuntu? Or is it different for different applications?

IIRC, there are two mechanisms: one is provided by the mime-support package,
see update-mime(8) for details. Maybe it is also mentioned in some Debian's
packaging manual, such as [1]Debian Policy or [2]New Maintainer's Guide.

The other way is to add mime information to your .desktop file. 
See /usr/share/applications for some real-world examples ;-)

[1] http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/
[2] http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/

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