CentOS - Feb 2016 - Changing default file type in Centos 6

On February 27, 2016 1:52:47 PM EST, Frank Cox <theatre at
melvilletheatre.com> wrote:
>On Sat, 27 Feb 2016 19:38:09 +0100
>H wrote:
>
>> It turns out my markdown files - extension .md - are of the
"Genesis
>> ROM" file type in Centos 6. Googling did not turn up any obvious
>places 
>> to change this in Gnome - neither in my local directory or in
>/etc/gnome.
>> 
>> Where would I be able to change this default file type for files with
>
>> the extension .md? I have already changed the default application to 
>> geany (with the markdown extension.)
>
>Do you mean that you want to change the default program that the file
>will open with when you click on it?
>
>Right-click on a file of that type.  Properties. Open with
>
>Set that option as needed.
>
>
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No, that I already did. I am talking about the file type when you open a
graphical directory window.

On Sat, 27 Feb 2016 16:33:00 -0500
H wrote:
> No, that I already did. I am talking about the file type when you open a
> graphical directory window.
I'm missing something here.  Do you mean that you want to change icon that
shows up in a Nautilus window for a particular filetype?

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On 2016-02-27, Frank Cox
<theatre at melvilletheatre.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Feb 2016 16:33:00 -0500 H wrote:
>
>> No, that I already did. I am talking about the file type when you
>> open a graphical directory window.
>
> I'm missing something here.  Do you mean that you want to change icon
> that shows up in a Nautilus window for a particular filetype?
>
I think the OP is talking about the file type that Nautilus reports when
you right-click on a file and bring up the 'Properties' dialog.

In my case (also CentOS 6) Naulitus reports 'Genesis ROM' for files with
the .md extension. The file command, on the other hand, reports 'ASCII
English text'.

The file responsible for the behaviour of Nautilus is
/usr/share/mime/application/x-genesis-rom.xml, which appears to have
been generated by update-mime-database.

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Liam