RE: Drag and drop mysteries

["Foster, Gareth" <gareth foster siemens com>]

> the "text/plain" entry is a conventional MIME type. google for MIME.
> the "STRING" entry is a hangover from historic X D-n-D, which was
> developed before MIME (or at around the same time). google for 
> "X atom string drag drop".
> 
> STRING is important for back-compatibility with many older
> programs. Newer DnD handling is all MIME based, just like your email.
> 

Why not stick that into the documentation? It explains things well enough,
and is better than nothing, perhaps replacing the "google for ..." bits with
Wikipedia links or something.

Gaz