Re: [orca-list] GNOME File Associations

[Jason White <jason jasonjgw net>]

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 10:28:04AM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote:
> Given that mimetypes are stored in mimetypes and other magic files,
> where does gnome get its default actions from? 

It's in your default gconf configuration, a series of XML files that define
the default values of gnome preferences.

On my system these are under /var/lib/gconf/defaults and
/var/lib/gconf/debian.defaults

These are overridden in files located under your ~/.gconf directory. If you
can't or would prefer not to change the values under the Gnome user interface,
you can use gconftool-2 to change them directly (see its manual page).