Re: adding new extension

[Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com>]

On Thu, 2007-03-22 at 11:47 +0530, Madhan Ponnusamy 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

The application that handles the mimetype should list the mimetype in
the MimeTypes key in its desktop file.
 
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