Re: Suggestion for file type detection approach

[Bart Kuik <kuik alwaysaccess nl>]

Fabio Gomes schreef:

> <..>
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> We could exploit the fact that unknown files have this MIME type by
> associating some file type detection utility to them. Let's call it
> gnomemagic.
>
> - The user double-clicks the file. "application/octet-stream" is
> associated with 'gnomemagic'. So gnomemagic is run and displays a dialog
> such as:
>  
<..>

Why not run gnome-magic every time you open a file, just to be sure that 
it's opened with the correct application? It's no big problem if 
Nautilus does a bad guess on the filetype, as long as the right app is 
opened for the file.

If the opened app is different from the filetype nautilus detected, the 
user should get a dialog, but more like:

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Unknown File Type

The system was unable to determine the type of this file by its name.
Analysing its contents, it looks like a file of type "Gnumeric
Spreadsheet" (application/x-gnumeric).

[x] Rename the file, appending the ".gnumeric" suffix to match its type

Open with [Gnumeric________][v]

[ ] Always use these setting for files of type (application/x-gnumeric)

                                                          [Cancel] [OK]
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Bart