Re: file type selection

[jacob berkman <jacob ximian com>]

On 06 Jun 2001 16:34:44 -0400, jacob berkman wrote:
> On 31 May 2001 14:05:32 -0400, Michael Meeks wrote:
> > 
> >         So, here is my file selector API (roughly):
> > 
> >         char *mime_names [] = {
> >                 "application/x-gnumeric",
> >                 "application/x-xbase" };
>
> i think it makes sense to leave the regexps out, as they should be
> registered with the mime database.  this provides an easy way to do
> mime-type name lookup, so that we don't also have to pass a list of type
> descriptions.

right.  so we really need to have is something more like:

	char *mime_types = { "", "image/png",
			     "", "image/jpeg",
			     "Image Files", "image/jpeg,image/png" };

i think it is self explanulary.

now i must go wash my hands.

jacob
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