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            <b><a class="bz_bug_link 
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   title="ASSIGNED --- - xdg-mime/xdg-open does not follow mime-actions-spec"
   href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56352#c7">Comment # 7</a>
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   title="ASSIGNED --- - xdg-mime/xdg-open does not follow mime-actions-spec"
   href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56352">bug 56352</a>
              from <span class="vcard"><a class="email" href="mailto:rdieter@math.unl.edu" title="Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu>"> <span class="fn">Rex Dieter</span></a>
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        <pre>Re-reading
<a href="http://standards.freedesktop.org/mime-apps-spec/mime-apps-spec-1.0.html">http://standards.freedesktop.org/mime-apps-spec/mime-apps-spec-1.0.html</a>
today.

Important bits:

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Default Application

Indicating the default application for a given mimetype is done by writing into
the group [Default Applications] in the file mimeapps.list.

The [Default Applications] group indicates the preferred application for a
given mimetype.
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Adding/removing associations

Adding and removing associations between mimetypes and applications is done
with the following syntax in the mimeapps.list file:

[Added Associations]
mimetype1=foo1.desktop;foo2.desktop;foo3.desktop
mimetype2=foo4.desktop
[Removed Associations]
mimetype1=foo5.desktop
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Application ordering

The suggested algorithm for listing the applications associated to a given
mimetype is:

    add any "Default Applications" and then "Added Associations" in the first
mimeapps.list

...
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So looks like this has been clarified since the bug was filed, and that all of:
[Default Applications]
[Added Associations]
[Removed Associations]
need to be taken into account, highlighting that the xdg-open generic algorithm
definitely needs work to comply.</pre>
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