Gnome Default Actions and File Associations
Kenny Gow
kgfedora at swbell.net
Sun Nov 19 23:54:17 UTC 2006
Brian Chadwick wrote:
> Hi
>
> How does gnome know to open certain applications depending on a file
> type. There must be something somewhere where gnome reads about which
> applications are associated with which file types (extensions) .... I
> know its there some where .... but where?
Read all about it here:
http://www.gnome.org/learn/admin-guide/2.14/mimetypes-0.html
This file holds the default mime types and associated extensions:
/usr/share/mime/packages/freedesktop.org.xml
Regards,
Kenny
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