Set default application for MIME type with xdg-mime
- 30 Aug 2017: Post was created (diff)
My JSON and other plain text files were opening in Libre Office after I installed it. That is not something I appreciate. Here’s how to change it to something else using xdg-mime.
See what is opening plain text files right now
$ xdg-mime query default text/plain
See a list of available applications
$ ls /usr/share/applications
Change default application
$ xdg-mime default mousepad.desktop text/plain
References
- https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Default_applications#XDG_standard
- https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Desktop_entries
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