Re: Extentions and mimetype

[Jürg Billeter <j bitron ch>]

On Mit, 2006-03-15 at 11:36 +0100, Paul van der Vlis wrote:
> Inzpektor schreef:
> > Paul van der Vlis <paul <at> vandervlis.nl> writes:
> 
> >>How can I change the default program what opens when I click on a
> >>document with some extention/mimetype?
> 
> > In Nautilus, right-click on a file and choose Properties.
> > 
> > Go to the "Open With" tab.
> > 
> > Click "Add" if the program you want to use to open files of that type is not in
> > the list - and add that program.
> > 
> > Finally, select the program from the list (radio-button) that you want to use to
> > open files of that type.
> 
> Another question:  is it possible to change the default for all users,
> or for new users?

You can create a defaults.list file in e.g. /usr/share/applications

[Default Applications]
text/plain=gedit.desktop
...

Regards,

Jürg