Setting default applications w/out gnome-control-center

[Chris Mohler]

On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 1:05 PM, Mario Vukelic <mario.vukelic at dantian.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-08-01 at 13:50 -0400, Peter N Spotts wrote:
>> > Gconf is like the Windows registry; there are
>> > many keys, and the keys have values, and you have to know the right
>> > key and value to modify to get your desired results.
>
> I have a strong personal dislike against this meme, so I have to respond
> with a few corrections:

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All good points, and one more:

gconf changes occur in almost real-time - as soon as the key is
changed, the corresponding behavior is changed.   Some Registry
changes require a reboot...

Chris