[Utopia] Re: we need a spec for handling mediums

[David Zeuthen <david fubar dk>]

On Sat, 2004-08-14 at 14:43 +0000, Kristof Vansant wrote:
> I was thinking,
> where can programme"s store that they can handle a surten medium.
> I mean like gtoaster can register somewhere that it handles empty cdr
> or xine that it handles DVD and SVCD.
> 
> projects like gvm can then use this to know with what program they
> should use to read a dvd, cdr or svcd
> 

It would be good to extend this to the more generic case so an
application can say "I can handle cameras" or "I can handle mp3 players"
etc. Someone brought up .desktop files earlier, I think that makes
sense.

Cheers,
David