On 03/11/2018 18:28, Ross Vandegrift wrote: > On Sat, Nov 03, 2018 at 05:19:13PM +0000, Peter Flynn wrote: >> On 03/11/2018 11:49, Peter Flynn wrote: >> [...] >>> That seems to be clean, but /usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache >>> isn't. Can I just delete it manually, or is there a procedure to flush >>> it out? >> >> I just edited it and removed the bogus association for GIMP. > > See update-desktop-database(1) for more info on what generates these.
Thanks for the pointer. Now I can see where it came from. >> All working fine (but of course I have no idea what random application >> was the cause). Many applications make a land-grab for their pet MIME >> media-type and happily stomp on the associations that a user prefers. > > Apps list their supported mime types in their .desktop file. That's how file > managers get a reasonable list of apps that support a given file. So gimp > gets > associated with application/pdf since gimp's .desktop file indicates that it > can handle PDFs. It's a matter of degree, and update-desktop-database cannot possibly know when an application is being economical with the truth. GIMP only "supports" PDF and Postscript in the sense that it can import a page as a bitmap. GIMP cannot "open" a PDF or Postscript file in the normal sense of the word. I have edited the gimp.desktop files in both locations and removed the application/pdf and application/postscript to prevent the problem reoccurring. > In an E session, does your env have XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=enlightenment? Yes, but it's capitalised (Enlightenment). > If not, xdg-open may be falling back to a handler that doesn't pick > up your Enlightenment config. That was certainly a problem in earlier versions of xdg-open but I think so many people complained that they fixed it. The code now tests for both ENLIGHTENMENT and Enlightenment but not enlightenment. ///Peter _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
