RE: Suggestion for minor interoperability advance

[David Faure <David Faure cramersystems com>]

> Martin Konold <konold@suse.de> writes:
> > 
> > Oh,.. sofar I have been under the impression that we are already
> > compatible in this area. Where are the problems? How does GNOME handle
it
> > currently and i the future?
> 
> Even if it's compatible now, it's worth writing down how it works (so
> it stays compatible, and so ISVs can figure it out...)
> 
I think there is small confusion here. desktop files for _applications_
are more or less compatible, and the spec is available at
http://us.mandrakesoft.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/kdelibs/kio/DESKTOP_ENTRY_STAN
DARD?rev=1.6&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup
(or in any KDE development snapshot, under
kdelibs/kio/DESKTOP_ENTRY_STANDARD)

However, mimetypes are a different matter. Under KDE they are also
represented
by desktop files - defined in the above spec - but under gnome they used to
be defined in a single text file (last time I checked, really long ago).
Is that still the case ? If not, how does a desktop file to define a
mimetype
under gnome look like ?

PS: About the order in the start menu.... KDE uses a field in the .directory
file, named SortOrder, and apparently Gnome uses a .order file :-P
I've seen .directory's in gnome packages. Why doesn't gnome use .directory
for that too ?

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David Faure
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david@mandrakesoft.com - Mandrake
david.faure@cramer.co.uk - Cramer Systems