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In Ubuntu 12.04 with all mate, cinamon, gnome, unity desktops, the following issue:

  • I use Latex frequently. My files end with extension .tex. The mime.types associated with tex is text/x-tex. The entry in /etc/mime.types for this is as follows: text/x-tex tex ltx sty cls

  • Thus the icon associated with tex files is the generic icon for all files of text category. I would like to have a special icon for all tex files only. It will make the things easier in finding from a folder which are tex files. How do I achieve it?

  • I have tried editing /etc/mime.types changing the above line to text/x-tex ltx sty cls and then entering another line: application/tex tex and then putting a special icon file application-tex.svg in /usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/mimetype and then updating the icon cache (logging out and in again). But that did not show the icon for tex files.

Help will be appreciated!

Radu Rădeanu
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Anita
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  • There is a strange interaction with icons, thumbnailers and text/* mimetypes. See also http://askubuntu.com/questions/589833/different-nautilus-thumbnails-rendering-for-text-files/589903#589903 – Rmano Feb 25 '15 at 19:30
  • @Anita Did you ever find the solution? I have exactly the same question and have tried exactly the same thing. The answers below don't help. – Weltschmerz Jan 30 '16 at 16:43

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You need a png icon for tex files. edit the icon file as text-x-tex.png and then put it to theme mimetypes directory.

For example, I'm using MBuntu-XL theme. So, I put the icon file on /usr/share/icons/MBuntu-XL/mimetypes/scalable/. Set file permission of the icon file for group and guest as read-only then relogin.

Good luck.

Asis Pattisahusiwa
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