what is the recommended way of editing ~/.local/share/desktop-defaults

[Member stephenbbb]

I would like to change some default apps and the Icewm Control center does not even see the apps I need. I tried to edit but the files are well protected against accidental edits. I can force things, but maybe the devs meant things should be done differently.
what is the best way to setup default apps?
Thank everybody.
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[Member Xecure]

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I answered in the other post (Control Centre > Desktop > Preferred Applications).

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[Member ModdIt]

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Just to be complete you may also want to edit ~/.config mimeapps list depending on alternative applications you are
installing/removing/changing/using.

~/.local/share/desktop-defaults are links to /usr/share/applications/your choice of application

You can also copy all the starters from /usr/share/applications to ~/.local/share/applications and
link defaults to there. You are not limited to 8 default applications as in controll center.

As its linux, very Flexible.

• This reply was modified 2 years, 3 months ago by ModdIt.

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