*.devede files aren't associated with DeVeDe in Nautilus, the GNOME file manager

[Rory McCann]

Binary package hint: devede

DeVeDe gives you the option to save a file, and these are saved with the ".devede" file extension. However these files are not associated with DeVeDe, and will instead open in a text editor

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Dec 14 23:38:13 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: devede 3.14.0-0ubuntu5
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_IE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic
SourcePackage: devede
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic i686

[Sergio Costas (rastersoft-gmail)]

I want to do that association, but I don't know where to find the info to do that. If someone can put an URL...

Thanks.

[Alessio Treglia (quadrispro)]

First of all, you should allow users to give devede a filename (a
devede's project) as argument.

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[Derek White (d-man97)]

With help from:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/55653/how-to-associate-file-extension-not-file-type-for-a-particular-application

Created "devede.xml" in "/usr/share/mime/packages" (mod 644) [file attached].
Ran `sudo update-mime-database /usr/share/mime`.
Added "application/xml-devede=devede.desktop;" to "~/.local/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache".
Ran `killall nautilus && nautilus &`.

Now, opening *.devede files causes DeVeDe to open to the "Disc type selection" dialog, but it does not load the project.

That is as far as I could get. Also, there is most likely a system-wide mimeinfo.cache file to use instead of "~/.local/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache".

[Derek White (d-man97)]

Image that, forgot to attach the file!

[Derek White (d-man97)]

Found the system-wide mimeinfo.cache: "/usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache".

Additionally, the "application/xml-devede=devede.desktop;" line does not appear to get blown away when `update-mime-database` is subsequently run.

[Erich Eickmeyer (eeickmeyer)]

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