Linux – How to set the Linux Mint desktop environment to use a mime type

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I'm using Linux Mint. I created a mime type. Now I want the desktop environment to use it. How do I do that?

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Have you checked out officla docs?

http://linuxmint.com/rel_maya_xfce_whatsnew.php

There is a soft called MIME Type Editor ...

Then, ther is this video: h t t p : / / w w w .youtube.com/watch?v=Uq8e86iY5XQ

And finally, you can always do these steps:

http://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=7235

I highly doubt none of these things helps ...

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Given a mime-type get the corresponding file extension

Unlike windows, unix generally has no concept of file extensions. However you can use the /etc/mime.types file to provide those translations:

image/jpeg: jpg
image/gif: gif
image/png: png
image/x-portable-pixmap: ppm
image/tiff: tif

and then match by extension:

$ ext=$(grep "$(file -b --mime-type file.png)" /etc/mime.types | awk '{print $2}')

$ echo $ext
png

Linux – How to set an icon for custom mimetype in Linux Mint Mate

There were necessary steps I was unaware of.

Add text/x-session session line to /etc/mime.types

Copy icon file to theme folder:

$ sudo cp my_icon.png /usr/share/icons/Mint-X/mimetypes/48/text-x-session.png
$ sudo ln -s text-x-session.png /usr/share/icons/Mint-X/mimetypes/48/gnome-mime-text-x-session.png
$ sudo gtk-update-icon-cache /usr/share/icons/Mint-X

Make icons always visible (prevent replacing icons with microtext):
- Enter caja menu -> Edit -> Preferences -> Preview
- Set "Show Text in Icons" to "Never".

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