Mime/Icon association

[Matthias Clasen]

On Tue, 2010-03-02 at 15:26 +0100, Kai-Uwe Behrmann wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am searching for a way to tell filemanagers about a certain mime type 
> and a according icon. What I could do is to install the mime type xml file 
> in the style described here:
> http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/AddingMIMETutor
> 
> Additional I have added a <generic-icon name="oyranos_logo"/> element. But 
> this seems to have no effect (dolphin and nautilus). In fact this icon is 
> provided as PNG in:
> ~/.local/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/oyranos_logo.png   and
> $(prefix)/share/pixmaps/oyranos_logo.png
> The icons in that paths are used for applications just fine, e.g. 
> inkscape.
> 
> Is my mime xml file somehow wrong (attached)?
> Is on freedesktop.org a tutorial on how to install a application including 
> a own data format?
> 
> I must admit the spec pages on freedesktop.org is somewhat confusing.
> There are even specs which do not have a date inside, especially the 
> "Shared MIME-info Database" spec.
> 
> Perhaps the generic-icon element is simply not yet implemented?
> 

generic-icon is implemented just fine in gvs and nautilus. 

As a first step in untangling your problem, I would recommend running
gvfs-info on one of the files you expect to show that icon, and study
the results.