Public bug reported: Gnome maintains three files to choose which program is associated with each mime type:
$HOME/local/share/applications/defaults.list /usr/local/share/applications/defaults.list /usr/share/applications/defaults.list (symlinked to /etc/gnome/defaults.list) According to the System Administraion Guide, Section 5, the precedence hierarchy should be as above - the local versions taking priority over system-wide settings. As this discussion explains to depth, this is not the case: http://ge.ubuntuforums.com/showthread.php?p=5718348#post5718348 For instance, specifying in the Properties dialog of an pdf file that it should open with Adobe Reader works, but it does not work when pressing a pdf file in Firefox' download windows (Evince opens). The only way to change this, is by changing the file /usr/local/share/applications/defaults.list, even though both /usr/share/applications/defaults.list and the ~/.local/... file has the right settings. The assigned package above is probably wrong, though... ** Affects: gnome-desktop (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Gnome does not respect defaults.list hierarchy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/264309 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-desktop in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
