Change default app via console

Serge omoikane at bk.ru
Sat Mar 15 17:19:16 CET 2014


You can copy/create *.desktop file in ~/.local/share/applications
And modify it as you wish.

On Sat, 15 Mar 2014 08:47:52 -0700
Grant <emailgrant at gmail.com> wrote:

> > I do not use gnome and evince but i think you can check desktop
> > files in /usr/share/applications and find file(s) with
> > 'Exec=evince-previewer %U' And change it to 'Exec=evince %U'
> >
> >> I'd like to have PDF documents opened with the full evince app
> >> instead of evince's "GNOME Document Previewer" since I can't get
> >> copy/paste to work from the previewer.  How can I make that change
> >> via console?
> 
> 
> Ideally I would be able to edit the app/filetype associations in the
> userdir.  Which files there control that?
> 
> - Grant
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