setting the default file association for double clicks (gnome / nautilus)

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David Holden wrote:

> 
> Hi Andy, thanks for the reply. Sorry I was probably not specific enough, the
> problem I have is I have a "local" mime type, e.g.
> 
> file.iwf
> 
> the iwf type is specific to us.
> 
> I want to associated this type with an application.
> 
> 
> However nautlius seems to associate all the file suffixes it does not know
> with type "text", so if I set the associate application with this file type
> it does it for all "text" types which is not what I want.
> 
> I would like it to associate a particular application with all files with
> suffix .iwf.
> 
> 

These might help:
http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Standards_2fshared_2dmime_2dinfo_2dspec
http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Standards_2fAddingMIMETutor

http://acd.ucar.edu/~fredrick/linux/mime/
http://www.ces.clemson.edu/linux/fc4_desktop.shtml
 [Fedora based info but useful anyway]