I'm not sure what the version numbers are, but by following a bunch of 2002-era mail threads, I did manage to get file associations working in JDS v3. The secret recipe:
1) The association between extension and mime type happens by adding an XML file to /usr/share/mime/packages and running update-mime-database. 2) The association between mime type and application name happens in a .keys file in /usr/share/mime-info/. 3) The associations between application name and the actual application (didn't see that level of abstraction coming, did you?!), happens with a .applications file in /usr/share/application-registry/. Oh, and you have to run nautilus --quit in order to see any of these changes take effect. I haven't figured out how to get my icon to show for the mime type yet, but I think it will be easy. New question: If I did these things in a Linux installer, would file associations work (using some backward-compatibility rules), or do I need to create a .desktop file and do the update-desktop-database stuff for machines running up-to-date versions of gnome and nautilus? Also: Is /usr/share standard? It seems to serve the function I recall /usr/local/ served in the old days. (Which is kind of ironic, if you think about it ;) The machine they provided me doesn't have a /usr/local at all. Final question: Would someone on this list be willing to test-drive a Linux installer for me once I've got the Solaris/JDS thing worked out? -Joshua On Sep 11, 2006, at 6:01 AM, Alexander Larsson wrote: > On Fri, 2006-09-08 at 10:56 -0400, Joshua Smith wrote: >> Nautilus Guri, >> >> First, the caveats: I REALLY REALLY tried to figure this out myself, >> and found lots of thoroughly unhelpful hints on the web. I tried to >> look in the Gnome FAQ Wiki, but the web server said "permission >> denied", and I tried to search the archive of this mailing list, but >> that is broken too. If there is a better place to post this question, >> please let me know. >> >> Problem Summary: >> >> I am trying to configure an installer for my software, such that when >> the user tries to open a file with a particular extension, my program >> runs and is given that file as it's argument. (On Windows, I do this >> through a bunch of cryptic registry entries; on the Mac, I put some >> voodoo into an Info.plist file.) >> >> Details: >> >> 1. My file format is really ZIP/JAR with a different extension, just >> like OpenOffice docs. >> 2. I need this to work with Sun JDS, which uses some version of Gnome >> and version 2.6.0 of Nautilus. (I don't know how to find out what >> version of Gnome is running.) >> 3. The desktop is ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED that my files are mime type >> application/zip >> 4. I'm very comfortable with Unix, dating back decades, but I have no >> experience whatsoever with modern Unix GUIs >> >> What I think I know: >> >> A) I need to convince the desktop that files ending in .mesonjar are >> mime type application/x-meson >> B) I need to convince the desktop to open application/x-meson files >> using my program >> >> I'm mostly focused on A, since B seems to be pretty well documented >> (.desktop files seem to be the key), and I have to get A done before I >> can start to think about getting B right. >> >> I read the man page on mime magic, which says that file sniffing is >> going to take priority over anything else I do. That looked bad until >> I looked at the magic file, and found the line for ZIP is commented >> out >> because it would keep StarOffice from recognizing its own files >> (according to a comment). This does leave me quite mystified as to >> how >> it knows my files are really ZIPs... is there something else that does >> the same thing as /etc/gnome-vfs-mime-magic? > > This is a bit tricky, as the mime type handling has changed over the > years. If you were using the most recent code adding a shared-mime-info > xml snippet and running update-mime-database would be enough, because > gnome-vfs always prefers the extension magic over sniffing for files > that sniff as zip files these days (for this specific reason). > > However, since you don't really know what version of gnome you're using > its a bit tricky. Not to mention that I don't remember in what versions > we changed what exactly. > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > =-=-= > Alexander Larsson Red Hat, > Inc > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > He's a gun-slinging playboy romance novelist who hides his scarred > face behind > a mask. She's a supernatural belly-dancing journalist with the soul of > a > mighty warrior. They fight crime! > > -- nautilus-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/nautilus-list
