[Fedora-packaging] mime type not associating with gui application

Erik Blankinship erikb at mediamods.com
Tue Feb 15 19:40:46 UTC 2011


On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Erik Blankinship <erikb at mediamods.com>wrote:

> How do I create my spec file so that I my gui application can be launched
> by double clicking a filetype it is associated with via mimetype?
>
> This is what I've done so far:
> - I have updated my .desktop file so that it
> includes MimeType=application/x-supes-saved;
>

Modified my .desktop file so that exec=/path/to/app.py %F

Now, when I double click on a file associated with my mime type, my
application comes up in the list of files I can associate with that file's
extension.

Is there a way to bind the extension and the application when my rpm is
installed?
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