List mimetypes that default to a given .desktop file
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I can list the mimetypes potentially handled by a
.desktop
file doing something like this:
$ grep 'MimeType' /usr/share/applications/eog.desktop | tr ';' '\n'
MimeType=image/bmp
image/gif
image/jpeg
image/jpg
image/pjpeg
image/png
image/tiff
...
And I can show what the default application is for a given mimetype with gvfs-mime
:
$ gvfs-mime --query image/tiff
Default application for 'image/tiff': eog.desktop
Registered applications:
eog.desktop
gimp.desktop
...
Recommended applications:
eog.desktop
gimp.desktop
...
or with gio
:
$ gio mime image/tiff
Default application for “image/tiff”: eog.desktop
Registered applications:
eog.desktop
gimp.desktop
...
Recommended applications:
eog.desktop
gimp.desktop
...
But how do I list the mimetypes that eog.desktop
actually handles?
Asked by Nathaniel M. Beaver
(1398 rep)
Sep 10, 2015, 04:32 AM
Last activity: Jun 3, 2020, 02:18 AM
Last activity: Jun 3, 2020, 02:18 AM