Re: new mime detection approach
- From: Olaf Fraczyk <olaf navi pl>
- To: Mazzoni Perseo <mazzoni perseo tiscalinet it>
- Cc: Nautilus List <nautilus-list gnome org>, gnome-devel-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: new mime detection approach
- Date: 15 Jan 2004 15:13:52 +0100
On Thu, 2004-01-15 at 10:31, Mazzoni Perseo wrote:
> Question: if you use sniffing for recognizing file types and I have a
> text file called myfile.jpg...if i double click it, then the file will
> be opened with gimp (for example) and not with gedit, also if the file
> is recognized as a "text file" by nautilus and has the appropriate icon
> and preview. So, why use sniffing if the applications are associated
> with extension?
> And if you like so much sniffing...why don't you make a customizable
> option? In "sniffing mode" nautilus will sniff, in "extension mode"
> nautilus will "recognize file types per extensions" and in
> "sniffing+extension mode" nautilus will use both of the methods with
> magic...
>
> Why don't do that?
I vote for it, too.
Regards,
Olaf
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