Re: adding new extension

[Ritesh Khadgaray <khadgaray gmail com>]

On Fri, 2007-03-23 at 22:40 -0500, Karl Ostmo wrote:
> Right-click your .edu file -> select "Properties" -> select Open With
> tab -> click Add button -> click "Use a custom command" -> enter the
> path to your application -> click Add
> 
> -Karl
> 
> 
> On 3/22/07, Madhan Ponnusamy <madhan ponnusamy gmail com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > i had added a new extension to mime named .edu by creating xml file and
> > placed it in <mime>/packages..update-mime
> > -database command added a the extension by creating files named edu.xml in
> > application folder and added a line in globs...
> > my doubt is i had created a application to open .edu file, how to make that
> > application the default application for .edu extension. i.e) if i double
> > click the .edu files it should open in the application which i created
> > --

update the file /usr/share/applications/defaults.list
to point to correct application .


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