After having read https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Default_applications#XDG_standard I symlinked as follows:
> $ ln -s ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list ~/.config/mimeapps.list
And it seems to work now. As can be seen from the logs, xdg-settings changed ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list while xdg-mime query reads ~/.config/mimeapps.list via ktraderclient5.
After having read https:/ /wiki.archlinux .org/index. php/Default_ applications# XDG_standard I symlinked as follows:
> $ ln -s ~/.local/ share/applicati ons/mimeapps. list ~/.config/ mimeapps. list
And it seems to work now. As can be seen from the logs, xdg-settings changed ~/.local/ share/applicati ons/mimeapps. list while xdg-mime query reads ~/.config/ mimeapps. list via ktraderclient5.