Re: controlling icon order

[Michael Brewer-Davis <michael tech4learning com>]

> The list is reasonable for fallbacks (file is executable), but how can I 
> ensure my icon is chosen for all themes (that don't override this 
> specific type)?

> Asides:
> If I switch the executable bit, the list becomes application-t4l-pixie, 
> application-x-generic, text-x-generic, with the text icon chosen.

Poking through the gio code (just enough to hang myself), I notice that 
gio automatically adds one of "folder", "application-x-executable", or 
"text-x-generic" to the list of icon names.

Since the "gnome" theme defines icons for these three mimetypes, it 
seems it would never be sufficient to add icons only to the hicolor 
theme--one must add to the gnome theme as well.

I don't like adding non-themed icons to the theme directories.  Any 
thoughts on a better angle?

michael