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In shotwell, it is possible to set external editors that can be used to edit pictures. One can choose from a list of installed programs like e.g. Gimp and ImageMaverick on my system.

However, I would like to use Adobe Photoshop, which I just managed to install using PlayOnLinux. I already created a *.desktop file and it runs perfectly when I start it from the Unity launcher.

My problem is that Photoshop does not show up as possible choice for an external editor in shotwell. I tried modifying the *.desktop file after studying those of gimp and ImageMaverick but could not get it to work. In particular, I set the Category to Graphics and the MimeType entry to the same as for gimp.

Is there any way I can make shotwell add Photoshop - or any program for that matter - to the list of external editors?

Any hints would be much appreciated!

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Shotwell looks into the list: ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list

As a test, I added a (non sense) line:

image/jpeg=gedit.desktop;

Which made gedit appear in the list:

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What you should do:

  • Make sure your .desktop file is in ~/.local/share/applications
  • Open the file ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list (open it with e.g. gedit). Add a line to the file, like:

    image/jpeg=<your_desktopfile.desktop>;
    

That should make you able to set your application as an external editor in Shotwell. (You might have to logout / in)

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  • Thank you very much for this comprehensive answer! Unfortunately, I don't have enough reputation yet to upvote your answer. Jan 10, 2015 at 17:56
  • @DanielWeiss perfect! glad it works. Your reputation is fine with me :) Jan 10, 2015 at 18:08

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