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[Luca Dionisi]

I forgot to include the list!

On 4/13/06, Luca Dionisi <luca.dionisi at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/13/06, Luca Dionisi <luca.dionisi at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Normally, install scripts for applications use the command
> > update-mime-database after installing their *.desktop files.
> >
> > As Sam said, See the desktop base directory spec for more info.
> >
> > --Luca
> >
>
> No, I said wrong.
>
> To install new mime types, the command update-mime-database is used
> after installing *.xml files in /usr/share/mime.  (not /usr/share/mime-info)
> To install new applications, the command update-desktop-database
> is used after installing *.desktop files.
>
> see:
>  - man update-mime-database
>  - man update-desktop-database
>  - http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
>  - http://standards.freedesktop.org/shared-mime-info-spec/shared-mime-info-spec-0.13.html
>  - http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-0.9.4.html
>
> --Luca
>