On Fri, 2004-12-03 at 22:49 +0100, Toralf Lund wrote: > Sean Middleditch wrote: > > >On Fri, 2004-12-03 at 19:56 +0100, Toralf Lund wrote: > > > > > >>I can't see that this explains how to add a MIME type, or whatever > >>happened to the "internet services" config, which was what I was > >>actually looking for right now... > >> > >> > > > >It's the very first thing mentioned on the "What's New" page. > > > >In short, you can't add a new MIME type or protocol handler in the UI, > >you have to edit .desktop files. > > > Also, is really mime type information encoded in .desktop? Urgh, that's > exactly what I tried explaining to the KDE people many years ago was a > really bad idea. - Because menus, which .desktop files are otherwise > used for, and MIME handlers represent completely different > functionality, so their setup shouldn't be mixed. The .desktop file is (has evolved into) a description of the interface the app has (visible name, category, what mime type it handles, etc) That is not evil, IMHO. -- m -- Mariano Suárez-Alvarez <msuarezalvarez arnet com ar> http://www.gnome.org/~mariano
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