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22 Nov 2025
@jlc:catgirl.cloudjlcin the case of dolphin, opening up "properties" on a file and adding something to the list of programs to use to open it is immediately just not written; unless of course I'm doing something very dumb, I find this surprising,18:27:15
@jlc:catgirl.cloudjlc* in the case of dolphin, opening up "properties" on a file and adding something to the list of programs to use to open it is immediately just not written; unless of course I'm doing something very dumb, I find this surprising.18:27:20
@jlc:catgirl.cloudjlc(I guess I am -typing the program name- instead of navigating to the nix store where the binary is so it's 1000% possible I'm just missing that step)18:28:58
@k900:0upti.meK900Hm, maybe also try nuking ~/local/.share/applications/mimeinfo.cache and ~/local/.share/mime18:31:27
@jlc:catgirl.cloudjlc I also wonder if this is an 'environment variables' (not 100% clear on what that means) w/ my WM? Re: the setup instructions penultimate paragraph 18:32:00
@jlc:catgirl.cloudjlcOh looks like there was a ton of old shit there18:33:34
@jlc:catgirl.cloudjlcI'll try a session restart again18:34:43
@jlc:catgirl.cloudjlcMkay no cigar as the kids say18:37:31
@k900:0upti.meK900When you add a file association, does it get reflected in the files in ~/.local/share/mime?18:38:50
@jlc:catgirl.cloudjlcDoesn't18:40:47
@jlc:catgirl.cloudjlcto make sure I'm following you - I did yeet the whole /mine directory, and I shoudl be expecting it to be recreated w/ new content when I do this GUI process, yeh?18:41:36
@jlc:catgirl.cloudjlc* to make sure I'm following you - I did yeet the whole /mine directory, and I should be expecting it to be recreated w/ new content when I do this GUI process, yeh?18:42:56
@raitobezarius:matrix.orgraitobezarius
In reply to @sofiedotcafe:matrix.org

with nix-portable, I run to this error constantly? It only works after removing that SQLite db and rerunning the command. It works for that and after that, it brakes again.

Warning: error: SQLite database '/home/sofie.halenius/.cache/nix/eval-cache-v5/1949a4522cacf242ae0214bb74551b06a8e090aa1bd5dea2d29d82433hade202.sqlite" is busy
It's just contention on that specific DB, nothing specific you can do, it's a warning not a fatal error
18:44:32
@ghpzin:envs.netghpzin It is written to `~/.config/mimeapps.list` by default afaik. 18:44:53
@ghpzin:envs.netghpzin It is written to ~/.config/mimeapps.list by default afaik. 18:45:11
@jlc:catgirl.cloudjlc

Ah true - when I look in there I've got:

text/plain=/home/jlc/.local/share/applications/codium-14.desktop;

[Default Applications]
text/plain=/home/jlc/.local/share/applications/codium-14.desktop;
x-scheme-handler/discord=vesktop.desktop
18:46:41
@jlc:catgirl.cloudjlc Okay - it looks like it gets correctly added to mimeapps.list (I checked by trying to add a .blend file, but that the filechooser can't then read this list even though it wrote to it. 18:48:34
@jlc:catgirl.cloudjlc * Okay - it looks like it gets correctly added to mimeapps.list (I checked by trying to add a .blend file), but that the filechooser can't then read this list even though it wrote to it. 18:48:44
@jlc:catgirl.cloudjlc * Okay - it looks like it entries get correctly added to mimeapps.list (I checked by trying to add a .blend file as a default assoc using dolphin), but that the filechooser can't then read this list even though it wrote to it. 18:50:26
@jlc:catgirl.cloudjlc Hmm. reading this 18:53:37
@jlc:catgirl.cloudjlcSo much hassle for a file browser. Well, the KService Package doesn't seem to have been it.19:02:35
@jlc:catgirl.cloudjlc

Mkay, I have found a solution:

thunar = {
      enable = true;
      plugins = with pkgs.xfce; [
        thunar-volman
        thunar-archive-plugin
      ];```
    };
19:24:45
@jlc:catgirl.cloudjlc *

Mkay, I have found a solution:

thunar = {
      enable = true;
      plugins = with pkgs.xfce; [
        thunar-volman
        thunar-archive-plugin
      ];
    };
19:25:15
@aloisw:julia0815.dealoisw
In reply to @jlc:catgirl.cloud
standalone alongside niri, a wayland WM
Is this the xdg menu issue again? I.e. does it work if you add kdePackages.plasma-workspace to your packages?
20:26:07
@aloisw:julia0815.dealoisw
In reply to @raitobezarius:matrix.org
It's just contention on that specific DB, nothing specific you can do, it's a warning not a fatal error
Well it kind of is an error if it just locks up afterwards (due to not getting the lock), which actually does happen here if I understood the question correctly?
20:29:15
@raitobezarius:matrix.orgraitobezariusAh, I didn't catch this20:49:56
@goldstein:tty5.devgoldstein

hi! is it expected that builtins.fetchTree doesn’t work with non-file URLs? e.g.


nix-repl> builtins.fetchTree "github:NixOS/nixpkgs"
error:
       … while calling the 'fetchTree' builtin
         at «string»:1:1:
            1| builtins.fetchTree "github:NixOS/nixpkgs"
             | ^

       … while fetching the input 'file://github:NixOS/nixpkgs'

       error: file not found
22:25:59
@goldstein:tty5.devgoldsteinif so, is there a way to properly resolve a flakeref URL from Lix? (either fetch it or convert it into a proper attrset flakeref)22:27:03
@raitobezarius:matrix.orgraitobezarius
nix-repl> builtins.parseFlakeRef "github:NixOS/nixpkgs"
{
  owner = "NixOS";
  repo = "nixpkgs";
  type = "github";
}
22:28:57
@goldstein:tty5.devgoldsteinthat works, thanks!22:29:31

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