I know how to change the application associated with (opens) a
particular file type finding an instance of the file type, getting to
the preferences for that type through the GUI, etc., a very time
consuming process.
For each window manager (Gnome, KDE, ... ) is there a systems text file,
or, in the worst case, a file in each user's directory, that controls
this association? If so, will the simple editing of this file (these
files) suffice upon the next startup of the window manager (login by a
user)? Do EL 5 and EL 6 versions of a window manager use the same
configuration file(s) in this regard (e.g., has the method to configure
Gnome, KDE, etc., change between EL 5 and EL 6)?
If each window manager uses a particular associations configuration file
different from other window managers, a list or matrix of the file name
and absolute path(s) would be appreciated.
Does the associations configuration file syntax accept an absolute path
to the application from the root directory
(e.g., /usr/local/bin/foobar)?
Is the association by extension or by internal file attributes
irrespective of extension (e.g., if foobar is a pdf file, will the
association only work for foobar.pdf or will foobar suffice)?
I have done some reading of the documentation, but not the developer
internals documents; any clarification would be appreciated.
Yasha Karant
