How are file-extensions/mime-types/icons/default applications associated?

Question

Is there a way / application to add a file extension / mime-type to the system. What I want to achieve is:

Is there an way to achieve this?

The link I gave you tells you how to do this at the bottom:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AddingMimeTypes#Adding%20an%20Icon — dv3500ea, Sep 19 '10 at 12:16

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 16 '19 at 05:09

6

You need to:

Add a new MIME type
Associate that MIME type with a program (see man xdg-mime for more details):
```
xdg-mime default APPLICATION MIMETYPE(S)
```

edited Sep 16 '19 at 05:09

Pablo Bianchi

answered Sep 19 '10 at 11:38

dv3500ea

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