Where are file associations set/stored?

[Tim]

Claus Reheis:
>> Why don't you just tell us what DE you use! :)
 

Chris Green:
> Because it is totally irrelevant to the question, I use fvwm2 as my
> window manager.

It mightn't be, some file browsers might use their own internal
preferences system.  Instead of, or in addition to otherwise set
options.  I seem to recall that long ago, /etc/mailcap was one such
place to set handlers for certain file types (based on MIME
descriptions).

You could try searching through config files for something that mentions
a filetype you already know about (e.g. JPEGs or text/plain).  Or
running a trace while you try to open a file by double clicking on it in
a file browser, to see what configuration files it uses.

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