File associations 14.04

[Johnny Rosenberg]

2014-06-30 9:09 GMT+02:00 Toni Sissala <toni.sissala at gmail.com>:

> On 29.6.2014 14:22, Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
>
>>
>> And where do Ubuntu Tweak store the file associations? Maybe I should
>> just edit the files myself…?
>>
>
> I should first point out that I'm not using Ubuntu Tweak. But here are my
> two cents on file associations. These tweaks seem to work perfectly in
> Xubuntu.
>
> Some file associations are stored system-wide in
> /usr/share/applications/defaults.list. User-specific file associations are
> stored in ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list.
>
> I recommend editing user-specific associations. If the file doesn't exist,
> you may copy the one from /usr to your home-directory.
>
> ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list:

[Added Associations]
application/x-trash=gedit.desktop;
audio/flac=audacious.desktop;edit-flac-tags-manually.desktop;add-musician-info.desktop;view-flac-tags.desktop;aft.desktop;

[Default Applications]
audio/flac=audacious.desktop

But it doesn't work. Bug?


> You should also check that your scripts are executable.
>


They have been executable for years and still are. In ~/bin there are links
to them, since they are located elsewhere. That worked in 12.04 and I can't
see a reason why that wouldn't work now.







> On file associations:
> http://www.libre-software.net/change-the-default-application-ubuntu-linux
> On file permissions: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FilePermissions
>
>
>
> Best regards,
> Toni Sissala
>
>
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