Install MIME information

Author: probonopd

desktopintegration

@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 # and set it as the Exec= line of the .desktop file in the AppImage.
 
 # TODO: 
-# Handle mime types as well
+# Handle icons for mime types as well using xdg-icon-resource
 # Handle multiple versions of the same AppImage?
-# Handle removed AppImages. Currently we are just setting TryExec=
+# Handle removed AppImages? Currently we are just setting TryExec=
 # See http://specifications.freedesktop.org/thumbnail-spec/thumbnail-spec-latest.html#DELETE
 # Possibly move this to the C runtime that is part of every AppImage?
 
@@ -114,9 +114,11 @@ fi
 # Determine where the desktop file should be installed
 if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
    DESTINATION_DIR_DESKTOP="$HOME/.local/share/applications"
+   SYSTEM_WIDE=""
 else
    # TODO: Check $XDG_DATA_DIRS
    DESTINATION_DIR_DESKTOP="/usr/local/share/applications"
+   SYSTEM_WIDE="--mode system" # for xdg-mime and xdg-icon-resource
 fi
 
 # Check if the desktop file is already there
@@ -135,8 +137,9 @@ if [ -z "$SKIP" ] ; then
   yesno "Install" "Should a desktop file for $APPIMAGE be installed?"
 fi
 
-# If the user has agreed, rewrite and install the desktop file
+# If the user has agreed, rewrite and install the desktop file, and the MIME information
 if [ -z "$SKIP" ] ; then
+  find ./share/mime/ -type f -name *xml -exec xdg-mime install $SYSTEM_WIDE --novendor {} \;
   # desktop-file-install is supposed to install
   # .desktop files to the user's 
   # applications directory when run as a non-root user,