Default apps when using multiple desktops

Woodsman · 05-25-2014, 04:57 PM

What tricks do you folks use to set default apps when using different desktops?

In my case I am trying to use both Cinnamon and Mate. The default file manager in Cinnamon is nemo and in Mate caja. Both desktops use ~/.local/applications/mimeapps.list to determine default apps. In either desktop I can select only one file manager or the other.

I could write an autostart script to change the inode/directory key, but I wonder whether there is a better solution.

Thanks.

Paulo2 · 05-25-2014, 09:28 PM

Just

I don't know if this will work, but
if there is /usr/bin/startmate and startcinnamon,
you can put something like
cp -f "$HOME"/.local/applications/mimeapps.list-mate "$HOME"/.local/applications/mimeapps.list
and the same for Cinnamon.
Still remains the problem at logout, you must save mimeapps.list as mimeapps.list-mate(or cinnamon)

Woodsman · 05-25-2014, 10:07 PM

Thanks.

That is much the same idea as the autostart script I mentioned. All the script does is sed the inode/directory line to toggle between nemo and caja.

Paulo2 · 05-25-2014, 11:45 PM

Maybe making a link
ln -fs "$HOME"/.local/applications/mimeapps.list-mate "$HOME"/.local/applications/mimeapps.list
but this way I think you must do it for all desktops. I think you won't have a real mimeapps.list anymore,
but I don't know if this will work