i want to associate DEM files with Nexuiz, so i can start the demos just by clicking on them in the file manager.

what OS?

usually, i'm on Windows, but this would be useful for any OS.

I read the solution in another thread ( http://www.forums.alientrap.local/viewtopic.php?t=1846 ), but never tried it myself. The other thread also mentions the readme ( http://icculus.org/twilight/darkplaces/readme.html ).

The summary is:
"nexuiz" must be replaced with the name of your nexuiz binary or launcher script (nexuiz.exe or whatever it is called in Windows) and "demo-file" needs to be replaced with the relative path of the demo file, the ".dem" will be appended automagically.

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nexuiz -benchmark demos/demo-file

(Runs ~/.nexuiz/data/demos/demo-file.dem, quits and logs timing data to benchmark.log)

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nexuiz +timedemo demos/demo-file

(Runs ~/.nexuiz/data/demos/demo-file.dem at high speed, logs timing data to benchmark.log but doesn't quit)

It appears one must create a script that puts the demo to your homedir in .nexuiz/data/demos/ and then launch it via the above code. The path will probably be very different in Windows. I don't know about that.

In the end, of course, one should "associate" the files type with the script, using the file managers configuration thingy or hacking in config files or Windows Registry, probably destroying the whole os. So now is good time to make up-to-date backups.

argh! the pain of backups....

thanks for the summary.