[Nix-dev] configuring xdg-open

[Mathijs Kwik]

Hi all,

I'm running a custom i3 desktop setup with some kde base apps.
When I click a pdf file in dolpin, kde correctly launches okular to
view the file.
However, using xdg-open to open the file leads to my web browser
(conkeror) trying to download the file.

I googled a bit on xdg-open and it seems I need to add some
configuration files to ~/.local/share to configure default
applications per mimetype.
However this did not work. Looking at my environment, it seems XDG_*
variables only point to system-wide or nix-controlled locations.

Is this by design? How should I configure this correctly?
PS: I'm using the new zsh stuff, which might be related.

Have a nice weekend,
Mathijs

[p***@yandex.ru]

Post by Mathijs Kwik
Hi all,
I'm running a custom i3 desktop setup with some kde base apps.
When I click a pdf file in dolpin, kde correctly launches okular to
view the file.
However, using xdg-open to open the file leads to my web browser
(conkeror) trying to download the file.
I googled a bit on xdg-open and it seems I need to add some
configuration files to ~/.local/share to configure default
applications per mimetype.
However this did not work. Looking at my environment, it seems XDG_*
variables only point to system-wide or nix-controlled locations.
Is this by design? How should I configure this correctly?
PS: I'm using the new zsh stuff, which might be related.

from http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html :

"$XDG_CONFIG_HOME defines the base directory relative to which user specific
configuration files should be stored. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not set or empty, a
default equal to $HOME/.config should be used. "

"$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS defines the preference-ordered set of base directories to search for
configuration files in addition to the $XDG_CONFIG_HOME base directory. The directories in
$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS should be seperated with a colon ':'. "

and the same for XDG_DATA*

Thus nixos setup seems to be just fine and xdg is actually used by many packages such as
kde.

Post by Mathijs Kwik
Have a nice weekend,
Mathijs
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[Mathijs Kwik]

it works now.

"okular.desktop" is called "kde4/okular.desktop" in nixos.
So the files and locations were right, but nothing happened because
this desktop entry wasn't found in any of the dirs.

Post by p***@yandex.ru

Post by Mathijs Kwik
Hi all,
I'm running a custom i3 desktop setup with some kde base apps.
When I click a pdf file in dolpin, kde correctly launches okular to
view the file.
However, using xdg-open to open the file leads to my web browser
(conkeror) trying to download the file.
I googled a bit on xdg-open and it seems I need to add some
configuration files to ~/.local/share to configure default
applications per mimetype.
However this did not work. Looking at my environment, it seems XDG_*
variables only point to system-wide or nix-controlled locations.
Is this by design? How should I configure this correctly?
PS: I'm using the new zsh stuff, which might be related.

"$XDG_CONFIG_HOME defines the base directory relative to which user specific
configuration files should be stored. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not set
or empty, a default equal to $HOME/.config should be used. "
"$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS defines the preference-ordered set of base directories to
search for configuration files in addition to the $XDG_CONFIG_HOME base
directory. The directories in $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS should be seperated with a
colon ':'. "
and the same for XDG_DATA*
Thus nixos setup seems to be just fine and xdg is actually used by many
packages such as kde.

Post by Mathijs Kwik
Have a nice weekend,
Mathijs
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