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1. minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Aug-2024 19:50:52 JST minute

   just realized i might have stopped using a file manager on linux because packages always mess with mime type assignments, like gimp will be used to open PDFs when double clicked, CSVs will be opened by krita or things like that

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Aug-2024 19:51:07 JST minute

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     or even better, wine will jump in and open something with an emulated windows application

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Aug-2024 19:52:03 JST minute

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     mime type assignments should be sacred, easily and centrally changed only by me, the user

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Aug-2024 20:05:17 JST minute

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     • Mark Stosberg

     @markstos i know this!

   • Mark Stosberg (markstos@urbanists.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Aug-2024 20:05:18 JST Mark Stosberg

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     @mntmn Depending on the file manager, you can define a tool that is your “opener”, and you can pick one that’s you control which apps open which files.

     I use Ranger as a file manager and Rifle as an opener.

   • Owen (easytarget@social.makerforums.info)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Aug-2024 20:05:39 JST Owen

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     @mntmn
     I stopped using them because they crash, badly, when they encounter common situations such as Wifi interrupts or slow USB-sticks.

     This has been happening forever, filemanagers get visual facelifts but the underlying, unforgiving, crud code is still there.

     Sorry, needed to vent there.... wanders off into distance mumbling..

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Aug-2024 20:05:39 JST minute

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     • Owen

     @easytarget this thread is meant for venting!

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Aug-2024 20:06:11 JST minute

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     • deBaer

     @deBaer i think it's kinda ok. what other system do you propose? mime keeps things compatible between desktop and server, kinda

   • deBaer (debaer@23.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Aug-2024 20:06:13 JST deBaer

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     @mntmn How do files even have mime types? HTTP responses have mime types. Files have file types in the file name extension. Or, if need be, in the resource fork. The broken local files with mime types metaphor makes things really awkward.

   • abortretryfail (abortretryfail@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Aug-2024 20:24:59 JST abortretryfail

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     @mntmn
     Gimp opening PDFs i can extend a little grace for, but that BS with Wine needs to STOP.

   • attero (attero@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Aug-2024 20:37:27 JST attero

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     @mntmn on macOS I use duti to set file associations, do you know of a linux equivalent?

     https://gist.github.com/apfelchips/0073cb3e8d186115f590d318998c1025

   • tomkeddie (tomkeddie@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Aug-2024 22:42:12 JST tomkeddie

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     @mntmn
     yep, emacs is my mailto handler at the moment. Perhaps a good default in 1997, rude in 2024.

   • josch (josch@floss.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 16:04:32 JST josch

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     @mntmn I was annoyed by this many times. To fix this I maintain my own personal list of default applications per mime type in the file `~/.config/mimeapps.list`. You can either edit that file manually (it contains lines like `video/mp4=mpv.desktop`) or add new defaults by running: `xdg-mime default evince.desktop application/pdf`. You can query the current default for a mime type with `xdg-mime query default text/plain`. Most desktop files you can use are in `/usr/share/applications`.

   • n¦tropie (ntropie@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 18:59:43 JST n¦tropie

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     @mntmn In all file managers I know, you can right click and select "open file type with..." or similar. Usually, the system will remember it even after reboots, updates etc.