YT: Open pb files in PB without affecting plain text files

[Trond]

I created a video tutorial on how to add a new mime type in Ubuntu. The reason for this is that we want pb files to open in PureBasic. We can get this easily by right clicking on a pb file setting the open with application, however, this affects other plain text files as well. To prevent this we create a separate mime type for pb files. Now, plain text and .pb files will be separate in Nautilus.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1olY5Qzmbk8

[Kuron]

This should get a sticky!

[Little John]

For exactly the same reason, learning how to create a MIME type for PureBasic on Ubuntu was on my ToDo list. Your video is very helpful, thanks a lot!

Regards, Little John

[ts-soft]

So that it is complete: type in a terminal:

sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/purebasic.desktop

paste the following in the editor:

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=PureBasic
Name[de]=PureBasic
Comment=
Comment[de]=
GenericName=IDE
GenericName[de]=IDE
Exec=/home/thomas/purebasic/compilers/purebasic %f
Icon=/home/thomas/purebasic/logo.png
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
MimeType=text/purebasic
Categories=GTK;GNOME;Application;Development;

replace the name thomas with your name :roll: and save it

greetings
Thomas

[srod]

Nice.

Thanks for that.

[ts-soft]

The purebasic.desktop is to register PB as application:


and make a entry in menu of ubuntu.

The best is to make first my tip and then the tip by trond to work!

[Trond]

The purebasic.desktop is to register PB as application:

That is a good tip.