Default Program | File Association

nf2 nf2 at scheinwelt.at
Fri Jan 25 04:30:12 PST 2008


Alexander Larsson wrote:
> OnlyShowIn etc are not used for things like KWrite, just for things that
> are very desktop specific, like desktop preferences and similar apps.
>
> Since there is only one set of defaults.list (exactly which ones
> depending on XDG_DATA_DIR) all apps get the same associations, and there
> is no problem with figuring out what the "currently running desktop" is.
>   
Yes, XDG_DATA_DIR sounds like a good solution for having different 
system defaults on different desktops. Perhaps the "Default URL Handler" 
configuration issue could be solved the same way.

Regards,
Norbert



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