Re: Mime Type Analysis

[Elliot Lee <sopwith redhat com>]

On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Rik Hemsley wrote:

> On Thu, 30 Nov 2000 15:32:48 -0500 (EST)
> Elliot Lee <sopwith redhat com> wrote:
>
> > Putting MIME type handling in .desktop files is broken - there's not a 1:1
> > or even a 1:many relation between applications and MIME types.
>
> There's also not a 1:1 relation between applications and .desktop files.

While the requirement doesn't exist for 1:1, practically speaking the vast
majority of .desktop files are this way. MIME type mappings this simple
are much less common.

-- Elliot
"The Pythagorean Theorem employed 24 words, the Lord's Prayer has 66 words,
Archimedes Principle has 67 words, the 10 Commandments have 179 words, the
Gettysburg Address had 286 words, the Declaration of Independence, 1,300 words and
finally the European Commission's regulation on the sale of cabbage: 26,911 words."