Setting a protocol handler

[Rex Dieter]

On 03/29/2012 09:00 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 03/30/2012 06:23 AM, Rex Dieter wrote:
>> Well, prior to these fixes I made to ktorrent packaging, xdg-open (and xdg-settings
>> get ...) would always choose ktorrent
>
> OK, right....
>
> Now this brings up a question that I have with regards to the xdg- framework.
>
> You've indicated that MimeTypes=x-scheme-handler/magnet is the preferred settings
> method.  Yes?

yes.

> Is this related in any way to the "System Settings", "File Associations"?

Yes, it's just a specialized mimetype.  downside is that currently kde's 
file associations kcm doesn't show the x-scheme-handler/ types (yet).

-- rex