Re: Drag and drop mysteries

[Matthias Kaeppler <nospam digitalraid com>]

Paul Davis wrote:
> > at 1) How is one supposed to know this stuff with the "STRING" and 
> > "text/plain"?
> > It's nowhere documented, it only appears in the examples without further 
> > explanation,
> > so it looked completely random to me.
> > What other "types" are there for drag and drop targets?
>
>
> the "text/plain" entry is a conventional MIME type. google for MIME.
> the "STRING" entry is a hangover from historic X D-n-D, which was
> developed before MIME (or at around the same time). google for 
> "X atom string drag drop".
>
> STRING is important for back-compatibility with many older
> programs. Newer DnD handling is all MIME based, just like your email.
>
> --p

Ah okay. So I have to investigate the X dnd mechanism as well as GNOME 
MIME types to get a clue of the available draggable data types?

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Matthias Kaeppler