I'm starting to wonder if this issue is freebsd-specific. I originally posted this to the kde general discussion group. Has anyone actually found a way to do this?
----- Forwarded message from Rich Winkel ----- From: Rich Winkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 18:35:25 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Re: [kde] Tweaking system-wide file associations According to Philip Rodrigues: > Rich Winkel wrote: > > I see various approaches to do this, all different, mentioned in the > > mailing > > list archives but none of them quite seem to work. My most recent > > iteration was to copy the *.desktop files from ~/.kde/applnk to > > /usr/local/share/applications (this is on freebsd). After doing this, > > kde no longer knew how to open the "Home" icon on my desktop! > > > > Could someone tell me, what is the correct way? > > Shouldn't this be listed in the system administration faq? > > See > http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kdebase/userguide/kde-for-administrators.html > > I think you want to copy .desktop files from ~/.kde/share/mimelnk > to /usr/local/share/mimelnk Thanks for the reply, but I think this page is out of date. It refers to a nonexistent $HOME/.kde/share/config/profilerc. I also tried editing /usr/local/share/applnk/Office/xpdf.desktop for instance, and inserting InitialPreference=9 without any change in behavior. Help! Thanks!!! Rich _______________________________________________ kde-freebsd mailing list [email protected] http://kf.liquidneon.com/mailman/listinfo/kde-freebsd
