Re: [Nautilus-list] How do I add a new mime type for nautilus

[Josh Barrow <linuxfan ionet net>]

ottfss,

You're not dumb.  The Files and Programs capplet that was distributed with
PR1 does nothing.  It's not currently functional.  The only way to add mime
types is to edit files in /usr/share/mime-info folder.

The sidebar loser, in my opinion, should not have been distributed with
PR1.  That was, IMO, a mistake.  Is is a component that, when the right
environment variables are set, will crash.  The point of this was to test
the integrity of Nautilus when a component crashes.

Josh
Carbamide

On Tue, 22 Aug 2000, ottffss wrote:
> Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 14:10:13 -0500
> To: nautilus-list lists eazel com
> From: ottffss <ottffss worldnet att net>
> Subject: [Nautilus-list] How do I add a new mime type for nautilus
> 
> I've tried adding a new mime type to my installation of nautilus
> (application/mathematica) and nothing seems to happen.  I've also added
> the entry to the file /usr/share/mime-info/gnome.mime (as root) and
> nothing seems to happen either (i.e., double clicking a file such a s
> test.nb doesn't launch mathematica).  I've also searched my file system
> for a file named gnome-vfs.mime since the header in
> /usr/share/mime-info/gnome.mime  says that is where nautilus will
> (might) look for mime types.
> 
> I've also tried to change the icon used to represent .nb files both
> using the gnome control panel and by editing the file
> /usr/share/mime-info/mc.keys.  Again, no effect.
> 
> Is this a bug of am I doing something stupid.  If there is a work-around
> I would like to try it (maybe I've edited the wrong files) since I
> really like the look of nautilus.
> 
> PS
> what is the sidebar loser supposed to do?
> 
> 
> 
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