Public bug reported: First, I noticed editing preferred application to open a file of a given type, could not be edited any‑more from the file property dialogue box. I wanted to check if something was wrong with the `mimeapps.list` file. I found nothing wrong, except perhaps, its owning directory, which is `$HOME/.local/share/applications/` instead which is said to be a deprecated location, according to [1], so I wanted to move to `$HOME/.config/`, the recommended location after [1], but then noticed it's even worse, as it seems to be totally ignored when located there.
So there are at least two issues: preferred application cannot be any‑more edited using the GUI (file's property dialogue box) and so `mimeapps.list` must be edited manually, and then, the location of this file does not seems to conform to the Freedesktop standard (works only at a deprecated location and does not work at the recommended location). [1]: http://standards.freedesktop.org/mime-apps-spec/mime-apps- spec-1.0.html Note: I may be wrong stating the bug is in `xdg-utils`, it's a reasonable (to me) guess I made. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: xdg-utils 1.1.0~rc1-2ubuntu7.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-68.111-generic 3.13.11-ckt27 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-68-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19 Architecture: i386 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Nov 30 22:12:45 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-01-25 (309 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20140807.1) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: xdg-utils UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2015-04-22 (222 days ago) ** Affects: xdg-utils (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 trusty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1521345 Title: mimeapps.list not applying as expected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdg-utils/+bug/1521345/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
