Thanks for the reply Andriy. There must be something I'm missing. I made
the 'content type' consistent, yet leafpad still launches my mimetype
document and my mimetype document doesn't have get it's icon.
Here are my installation steps:
1. Copy PyGi modules.
cp Story /opt/
3. Create a shell script in /usr/bin/story with this contents:
python /opt/Story/modules/story.py $1
4. Copy this Desktop Entry:
[Desktop Entry]
Exec=story %f
Icon=story
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Office;WordProcessor;GNOME;GTK;X-Red-Hat-Base;
StartupNotify=true
MimeType=application/x-story
Name=Story
GenericName=Scriptwriter
Comment=Compose, edit, and view scripts
5. Copy App Icon:
cp story.png /usr/share/icons
6. I open /etc/mime.types and add the following line:
application/x-story story
7. I create this xml file: /usr/share/mime/application/story.xml, with this
content:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<mime-info xmlns="http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/shared-mime-info";>
<mime-type type="application/x-story">
<comment>Example file type </comment>
<magic priority="50">
<match value="search-string" type="string" offset="10:140"/>
</magic>
<glob pattern="*.story"/>
</mime-type>
</mime-info>
8. I update mime database:
sudo update-mime-database /usr/share/mime
9. Copy my mimetype icon:
sudo cp application-x-story.svg /usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/mimetypes
10. Update icon cache:
sudo gtk-update-icon-cache-3.0 /usr/share/icons/gnome/ -f
11. Update desktop database:
sudo update-desktop-database
12. Log out. Log in.
Result: Documents in pcmanfm with the ".story" extension do not have the
story.svg icon. Clicking ".story" documents are opened with leafpad, not
/usr/bin/story
What can I do to make mimetypes display appropriate icons and launch the
appropriate app for the clicked on document?
On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 7:57 PM, Andrej N. Gritsenko <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Hello!
>
> jordan evans has written on Friday, 13 June, at 19:18:
> >I've created a PyGi 'screenwriting/comic book scriptwriting' application
> >that creates documents with the extension ".story". I want make it
> >installable on Lubuntu specifically.
>
> >(I will briefly tell you how I've installed my app in that really is the
> >issue.)
>
>
> >__________________________________________________________________________________
> >HOW I INSTALLED MY APP
>
> >__________________________________________________________________________________
> >(1) PyGi Modules
> >I have copied my PyGi application folder to /opt/
> >I have a bash script in /usr/bin that lauches the script and sends a
> >filePath (a story document) as the first arguement:
>
> >python /opt/Story/modules/story.py $1
>
> >(2) Desktop Entry
> >I copy a Deskop Entry file with these contents to
> /usr/share/applications/:
>
> >[Desktop Entry]
> >Exec=story %f
> >Icon=story
> >Terminal=false
> >Type=Application
> >Categories=Office;WordProcessor;GNOME;GTK;X-Red-Hat-Base;
> >StartupNotify=true
> >MimeType=application/x-story
>
> The content type here is "application/x-story".
>
> >Name=Story
> >GenericName=Scriptwriter
> >Comment=Compose, edit, and view scripts
>
> >(3) Application Icon
> >I copy my icon to /usr/share/icons
>
> >cp story.png /usr/share/icons
>
> >__________________________________________________________________________________
>
>
> >At this point I can see my desktop shortcut with it's icon. When I click
> >on it, my application launches fine. On the command line, if I type:
>
> >story myScreenplayDocument.story
>
> >...it does open the document fine.
>
> >Now, what I am looking are commands that I can put in an 'insallation
> >script' that will create two things: (1) I want a double click on a
> >pcmanfm icon that represent a ".story" file and launch the 'story' app.
> >(2) I want all files with extension ".story" to have the icon of my
> >choice. I've found these steps online to follow, but they don't work.
> >Where am I going wrong?
>
>
> >__________________________________________________________________________________
> >ADD MIME TYPE, FIRST TRY
>
> >__________________________________________________________________________________
> >(1) I open mime.types:
>
> >gksudo leafpad /etc/mime.types
>
> >(2) Copy the following text at the end of the file:
>
> >text/story story
>
> The content type here is "text/story".
>
>
> >__________________________________________________________________________________
>
> >I save mime.types and close leafpad. I then double click a ".story" file.
> >leafpad opens it, not "story" app. I'm assuming the above step was
> >supposed to take care of that. So, I try a second method:
>
>
> >__________________________________________________________________________________
> >ADD MIME TYPE, SECOND TRY
>
> >__________________________________________________________________________________
> >(1) I create the following xml with these contents:
>
> ><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> ><mime-info xmlns="http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/shared-mime-info";>
> > <mime-type type="application/x-story">
>
> The content type here is "application/x-story".
>
> > <comment>Example file type </comment>
> > <magic priority="50">
> > <match value="search-string" type="string" offset="10:140"/>
> > </magic>
> > <glob pattern="*.story"/>
> > </mime-type>
> ></mime-info>
>
> >(2) I save it at this path:
>
> >/usr/share/mime/application/story.xml
>
> >(3) I run this command:
>
> >sudo update-mime-database /usr/share/mime
>
> >__________________________________________________________________________________
>
> >No errors with command in step (3) above. I try to open a ".story"
> >document. leafpad is launched instead of 'story' app.
>
> >I log out and back in. Still, leafpad opens it.
>
>
> >__________________________________________________________________________________
> >ADD ICON
>
> >__________________________________________________________________________________
> >(1) I create a simple black star with Inkscape, set it's width and height
> >to the star object, then export as svg with this name:
>
> >text-x-story.svg
>
> This icon assumes content type "text/x-story".
>
> >(2) I run the following two commands:
>
> >sudo cp text-x-story.svg /usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/mimetypes
> >sudo gtk-update-icon-cache-3.0
>
> >I get this output:
>
> >gtk-update-icon-cache-3.0: Cache file created successfully.
>
>
> >__________________________________________________________________________________
>
> >I log out and back in. The Story Icon does not show up for the ".story"
> >extension document in pcmanfm.
>
> >What the heck is going on?
>
> You see, you have 3 different content types there so how they supposed
> to be handled? Exactly, as 3 different ones - MIME database knows only
> "application/x-story", MIME utilities know only a "text/story", and there
> is an icon for "text/x-story". I think you should leave only one of those
> content types and it will start working for icons (and will be shown in
> the Properties dialog as well).
>
> To register your desktop entry as a handler for certain MIME type you
> should run "update-desktop-database" command which you apparently missed.
> That will set your application as a handler to open your files (instead
> of Leafpad which used as a generic text/* handler in your case).
>
> Cheers!
> Andriy.
>
>
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