why only abiword in preferred applications?

[Sean McNeil]

On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 22:06 -0600, Jeremy Messenger wrote:
> On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 19:59:11 -0800, Sean McNeil <sean at mcneil.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 21:52 -0600, Jeremy Messenger wrote:
> >> On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 19:45:58 -0800, Sean McNeil <sean at mcneil.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 19:37 -0800, Sean McNeil wrote:
> >> >> On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 20:35 -0600, Jeremy Messenger wrote:
> >> >> > On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 18:26:53 -0800, Sean McNeil <sean at mcneil.com>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > > I cannot get gedit or anything else showing in the Default Text
> >> >> Editor
> >> >> > > tab.  Select an Editor only shows abiword now.  I've reinstalled
> >> >> > > gnomecontrolcenter2 and a few other things along with gedit2.
> >> >> Nothing
> >> >> > > has worked.  I've searched with the gconf editor and I do not see
> >> >> > > abiword in there.  It sucks that all my clicks in nautilus now  
> >> open
> >> >> > > files in abiword :(
> >> >> >
> >> >> > You can change that by go to nautilus -> right click on text editor
> >> >> file
> >> >> > -> propteries -> Open With and select what you want the default to
> >> >> be. I
> >> >> > dislike what AbiWord team has decided to add text/plain in their
> >> >> mimetype
> >> >> > too. I can remove it from the *.desktop if I get the high vote.
> >> >>
> >> >> This has nothing to do with abiword having a text/plain mimetype.   
> >> That
> >> >> is perfectly legitimate to have more than one program that can  
> >> handle a
> >> >> particular kind of file.
> >> >>
> >> >> I found the root cause why gedit wasn't in my selector.  It was  
> >> missing
> >> >> in the mimeinfo.cache.  I did an update-desktop-database and that  
> >> got it
> >> >> into the selector.  But now I cannot select it and have it stay.
> >> >>
> >> >> If I select "Text Editor", which is the gedit.desktop Name, it will  
> >> not
> >> >> stay.  There must be some issue with gconf2 not being able to save my
> >> >> selection so it always chooses the first one in the mimeinfo.cache.
> >> >
> >> > Sorry to reply to my own message, but...
> >> >
> >> > I took a look at my .xsession-errors and bingo!  Here is the error  
> >> when
> >> > running from a terminal:
> >> >
> >> > [sean at server sean]$ gnome-default-applications-properties
> >> >
> >> > (gnome-default-applications-properties:65144): libgnomevfs-WARNING **:
> >> > Deprecated function.  User modifications to the MIME database are no
> >> > longer supported.
> >> >
> >> > So for some reason when I try to select the editor it is trying to
> >> > update the MIME database.
> >>
> >> Can you show us your pkg_info or `ls /var/db/pkg`? Are there any chance
> >> that your apps aren't up to date?
> >
> > I can send that, but it is huge.  Please let me know if you feel it
> > necessary.  All packages are up-to-date as of Today.  Also, I should say
> > that your method of changing it in nautilus works perfectly and when I
> > bring up the control center again it shows that it is selected.  So,
> > nautilus is doing the right thing and control center is broken when it
> > tries to set it.  It can read it just fine, though.
> 
> I have seen this error before somewhere in debian or gentoo when  
> libgnomevfs2 and control-center mismatch (2.6 VS 2.8). I believe, it can  
> be found in google by search for 'User modifications to the MIME database  
> are no longer supported.'

OK, so hopefully this will get resolved with an update somewhere.  Here
are most of the gnome related packages I have (sans icon packages):

/var/db/pkg/gnome-cups-manager-0.27_1,1
/var/db/pkg/gnome2-2.8.1
/var/db/pkg/gnome2-fifth-toe-2.8.1_1
/var/db/pkg/gnome2-office-2.8.1_1
/var/db/pkg/gnome2-power-tools-2.8.1
/var/db/pkg/gnomeapplets2-2.8.2
/var/db/pkg/gnomeaudio2-2.0.0
/var/db/pkg/gnomeblog-0.7_4
/var/db/pkg/gnomecommon-2.8.0
/var/db/pkg/gnomecontrolcenter2-2.8.1_1
/var/db/pkg/gnomedesktop-2.8.1
/var/db/pkg/gnomegames2-2.8.2
/var/db/pkg/gnomegames2-extra-data-2.8.0
/var/db/pkg/gnomehier-1.0_20
/var/db/pkg/gnomeicu2-0.99.5_1
/var/db/pkg/gnomekeyring-0.4.0
/var/db/pkg/gnomekeyringmanager-0.0.3_2
/var/db/pkg/gnomemag-0.11.11
/var/db/pkg/gnomemedia2-2.8.0_1
/var/db/pkg/gnomemimedata-2.4.2
/var/db/pkg/gnomenetstatus-2.8.0_2
/var/db/pkg/gnomenettool-0.99.3_1,1
/var/db/pkg/gnomepanel-2.8.2
/var/db/pkg/gnomepilot2-2.0.12_1
/var/db/pkg/gnomesession-2.8.1_1
/var/db/pkg/gnomespeech-0.3.5
/var/db/pkg/gnomespell-1.0.5_4
/var/db/pkg/gnomesu-0.3.1_1
/var/db/pkg/gnomesystemmonitor-2.8.1
/var/db/pkg/gnomesystemtools-1.0.2
/var/db/pkg/gnometerminal-2.8.2
/var/db/pkg/gnomeuserdocs2-2.8.1
/var/db/pkg/gnomeutils2-2.8.1_1,1
/var/db/pkg/gnomevfs2-2.8.3_1

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