Set default video application -

[poma]

On 19.08.2013 17:24, Suvayu Ali wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 10:08:19AM -0400, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
>>
>> How xdg-mime would be used to change this is not obvious to me after reading
>> the man page.
> 
> It is actually not trivial!  I do not think the mimetype argument to
> xdg-mime takes a glob.  This makes it more difficult since now you have
> to set the default for each file type.  Here is a simple example:
> 
> To find out the mimetype of a file:
>   $ xdg-mime query filetype Wait\ until\ dark\ -\ Audrey\ Hepburn.avi
>   video/x-msvideo
> 
> Now you can set the default like this:
>   $ xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/x-msvideo
> 
> As you can see, you have to repeat this for all file types.  It would be
> simpler if you could just say 'video/*', but I don't think you can.
> 
> If someone knows an easier way to add a class of files in one go, I
> would be very interested to know.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 

Everyone is free to exercise their script-fu on
~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list, right. ;)
Let's see whether those who ask to at least try to achieve asked. :)


poma