[Gambas-user] Gambas mime type

[Matti]

Lee,
I sent a mail this morning to thank you - but it never reached the list (used the wrong mail account).
I followed your first fix, and everything is working as expected.
So, don't care, and thanks again!
Matti

Am 06.04.2016 um 17:37 schrieb T Lee Davidson:
> Matti,
>
> I was wrong about the pattern in "/usr/share/mimelnk/application/x-gambas3.desktop". That mimetype file is for Gambas scripts,
> not Gambas executables.
>
> And, I recommend ignoring my instruction to create "~/.local/share/applications/gbr3.desktop". It might be much better to just
> create the association in System Settings.
>
> Once there, go to Applications -> File Associations and search on "gambas". There should be two there already which you can use
> as examples to create a "x-gambas" type. You can switch back an forth between the types as you create the new one.
>
> I chose the "application-x-gambas" icon from System icons, added "*.gambas" as a filename pattern, described it as "Gambas
> executable", and added "/usr/bin/gbr3" in Application Preference Order.
>
> Once I clicked Apply, the file, "~/.local/share/applications/gbr3.desktop", was created and the mimetype database updated
> automatically.
>
>
> On 04/05/2016 09:47 PM, T Lee Davidson wrote:
>> On 04/05/2016 03:17 PM, Matti wrote:
>>> Unfortunately, I have to set up my system (openSUSE 42.1) completely new.
>>> I installed Gambas 3.8.4 fromhttp://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Education/openSUSE_Leap_42.1/, and it runs ok as it did
>>> before.
>>>
>>> But the packager seems to have made a mistake, as *.gambas files are regarded as plain text documents and won't start by
>>> clicking on them.
>>>
>>> So, does anyone know how to make KDE run *.gambas files automatically?
>> Matti,
>>
>> I think the mistake in "/usr/share/mimelnk/application/x-gambas3.desktop" is the Patterns being set to "*.g;*.G". I tried
>> correcting that to "*.gambas;*.Gambas" on my system. But, I got impatient and didn't want bother seeing if a reboot would cause
>> the new pattern to be picked up.
>>
>> Here's a quick fix.
>>
>> Ensure that you have a file "~/.local/share/applications/gbr3.desktop" with the content:
>> [Desktop Entry]
>> Exec=/usr/bin/gbr3
>> MimeType=application/gambas;
>> Name=gbr3
>> NoDisplay=true
>> Type=Application
>>
>> (It can sometimes take a minute or so for the system to recognize changes in "~/.local/share/applications".)
>>
>> Then go to System Settings -> Applications -> File Associations. Search for "gambas". It should be:
>> Filename patterns: *.gambas
>> Description: application/gambas
>> Application Preference Order: gbr3
>>
>> If it's not there, add it.
>>