this is general in Mate. Same on debian (stretch) matedesktop. xdg-mime query default application/x-desktop userapp-pluma-JPST30.desktop
this desktop file appears under $HOME/.local/share/applications/ cat .local/share/applications/userapp-pluma-JPST30.desktop [Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Version=1.0 Type=Application NoDisplay=true Exec=pluma %f Name=pluma Comment=Benutzerdefinition für pluma alex@Taomon:~$ even with xdg-mime itself I can not change it to pluma.desktop -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1929307 Title: It is hard to set Pluma as default application to open desktop-files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mate-desktop/+bug/1929307/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
