extending mime-type def with generic-icon

[Matthew Monaco]

On 10/18/2010 08:34 PM, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 19:21 -0400, Matthew Monaco wrote:
>> On 10/18/2010 08:20 AM, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> <snip>
>> The thing is, I don't want the icons to be a part of a specific them. I renamed
>> the icons to match the mimetype exactly, attempted both generic-icon and icon in
>> both the system area and local user area, nothing has worked.
>>
>> I get that the image-x-generic in the gnome icon them would override something
>> in hicolor, but the fact that I'm explicitly stating an icon AND naming that
>> icon by the mimetype, yet I still don't see the correct icon, I don't get.
>
> You're supposed to install the named icons in hicolor, if you're
> extending the basic set of icons. And don't forget to run
> gtk-update-icon-cache.
>
> See how gnome-icon-theme-extras does it for example:
> http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-icon-theme-extras
>
> In the future, reply to the list as well.
>
> Cheers
>
>

I am installing the named icons in hicolor, and I am running gtk-update-icon cache.

And sorry, I'm used to my "reply" button becoming "reply list" when on a mailing 
list... I guess it didn't because of the cc...