Re: opening data connection in Gambas editor, now opens in Sigil after install.

[T Lee Davidson <t.lee.davidson@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 3/14/25 1:23 AM, Ian Roper wrote:
> I Installed Sigil eBook editor this morning from the Software manager on Linux mint.
>
> Later I went to work on a Gambas project and found that when I click on the data object, It tries to open in Sigil instead.
>
> I tested opening the database (Sqlite) in the file system and it opens normally in the installed SqlLite browser which is the 
> expected outcome.
>
> Assume that Sigil has overwritten something that effects the selection of the application that Gambas uses.
>
> The file is a [SQLite3 database (application/vnd.sqlite3)] according to the file manager properties.

I thought at one time that Gambas used `xdg-open` for the purpose of opening data files/paths. But, this is apparently not the 
case because executing `xdg-open dummy.db` in a terminal emulator (Konsole) correctly launches DB Browser for SQLite.

Whereas in Gambas, right-clicking the file and selecting Properties shows that Gambas thinks it is a plain text document. And 
when the file is opened by Gambas, it is opened in Kwrite.

So I have to say, I don't know from where Gambas gets its file/mime type information.


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Lee

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