I have posted a new version 1.2.0 of dbus-switchboard which includes
- A new gui editor (created by hvacengi) for managing the config files (thanks!)
- Updated the installer to offer to add sample mime types to /usr/share/applications/defaults.list (still need to enable them by uncommenting). This is just for avi, torrent, midi, and application/octet-stream so you may not want to add anything if your already configured, but this makes setup quicker on fresh installs.
- Added apps handlers suggested by lars, debernardis.
- Added comma-fix mentioned by sushi.

So dbus-switchboard has an icon now, its almost a real app !

Thanks hvacengi for creating the user interface, its not only easier to use but easier to change xref on the fly (in case we get multiple handlers for same file extension).

If for some reason the gui wont load, it could be you have an old chinook firmware or old python install. If you dont want to upgrade python or chinook then edit (as root), /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/dbus_switchboard_gui.py and change line 15 from :