On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 08:09:22PM -0500, linlamer wrote:
>
> Ok.. Making a bit more sense to me now.
>
> >It sounds like this is modifying something in $XDG_DATA_DIRS that fish
> >can see. Maybe another application is setting $XDG_DATA_DIRS to
> >encompass more than just /usr{,/local}/share.
>
> There is no XDG_DATA_DIRS set in my shell apparently
>
> echo $XDG_DATA_DIRS
>
> returns nothing.
>
> I think what is happening is that it's looking into
> ~/.local/share/applicationsYes, fish looks at $XDG_HOME_DIR/.local/share. If $XDG_HOME_DIR isn't set, $HOME is used. > and finding the defaults.list that is apparently being generated by > nautilus. When I delete that file then it 'open' stops working. > > Also nautilus then 'forgets' my application preference and opens up with > the default gnome stuff. > > Right now I have one defaults.list available on my system. It's located > in /etc/gnome-vfs-2.0/defaults.list. (and there is a symbolic link > /usr/share/gnome/applications/defaults.list that points to that location) > > But I can't quite figure out how to make XDG_DATA_DIRS to work right. > I tried: > set XDG_DATA_DIRS /etc/gnome-vfs-2.0/ > set XDG_DATA_DIRS /etc/gnome-vfs-2.0/defaults.list > set XDG_DATA_DIRS /usr/share/gnome/applications > set XDG_DATA_DIRS /usr/share/gnome/ "set -x XDG_DATA_DIRS /usr/share/gnome/" worked fine for me. XDG_DATA_DIRS should be a : separated list of directories which are one-level above the applications/ or mime/ directory. Lacking the -x may have been the problem. > If I copy /etc/gnome-vfs-2.0/defaults.list to > ~/.local/share/applications/ then everything works fine. Which suites me > fine right now. Good. :) I'll suggest the $XDG_DATA_DIRS/packages check to Axel (with a patch if I get time) and see what he thinks. I'll close this bug when I get a response from him on the issue. James -- GPG Key: 1024D/61326D40 2003-09-02 James Vega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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