Anybody out there using the PCMan File Manager?

I would like to know if there is a config file where I can set the default applications for opening various file formats.

Using the GUI, you can set defaults, but I'm ending up with duplicate entries in the "open with" menu, and I need to trim away the ones I don't use. I'd also like to be able to fine-tune the config file.

Unfortunately, I don't know the name of the config file or where it's located, and the PCMan web site doesn't have any documentation.

Thanks in advance!

It pretty much just uses the default application the desktop has set. Or you can look at /home/username/.local/share/applications

Thank you! I was not aware of the /home/username/.local/share/applications folder. I just took a look inside and that's precisely where all my duplicate entries are located.

You sir, have solved by problem. Your coveted Royston Lodge No-Prize is in the mail. ;-)


But, now that I think about it, I have a second question. What's the correct syntax for a default application where the options come after the file name?

For example, when I double-click on an Atari Lynx rom, I want it to launch Handy in scaled mode. The command line for that is "/usr/sbin/handy filename.lnx -2". How do I write the file in the /home/username/.local/share/applications folder so that the "-2" comes after the name of the rom?

I'm used to using Damn Small Linux and DFM where the syntax would be "/usr/sbin/handy %0% -2", where %0% is a wildcard for the filename.

Is there a similar wildcard in PCMan?

Thanks again!

You should use "%f" i think. I opened a file with pcmanfm and selected "always open with" leafpad (text editor). And it genereated a file under .local/share/applications/leafpad-usercustom-0.desktop. You can find %f argument in that file.