xdg-utils vs GNOME/XFCE (Fedora 8)

[Rex Dieter]

wwp wrote:

> Hello there,
> 
> 
> I can't get some custom MIME settings to work in GNOME and XFCE. When I
> set them using xdg-utils and the xdg-mime command I use returns 0.
> konqueror even acknowledges the changes. I tried restarting my GNOME
> and XFCE sessions, but my custom MIME types are not effective in
> nautilus and thunar.

kde (v3 anyway) uses a different MIME system than gnome/xfce(*), so setting
a mimetype within a kde3 session affects *only* kde (and like-wise setting
a mime association from within gnome/xfce won't touch kde).

-- Rex

(*) shared-mime-info spec.  kde4 uses this now too.