Re: 2.4 features to consider

[Rodney Dawes <dobey free fr>]

On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 15:14, Havoc Pennington wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 12:11:35PM -0800, Shahms King wrote:
> > On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 11:28, MArk Finlay wrote:
> > > Some comments: 
> > > 
> > > >  - MIME system. A spec needs to be documented on xdg-list, 
> > > >    and it has to be implemented. A #1 UI issue right now.
> > > >    (Rather than calling this "MIME system" the UI-focused name 
> > > >    might be "opening the right app when you double click")
> > > 
> > > Is it just me or does the gnome MIME system need to be totally
> > > overhauled. Nautilus just doesn't seem to be properly integrated. I was
> > > trying to work out how to merge the the nautilus "open with" stuff with
> > > the gnome mime type dialog but I think i just gave up and said "this
> > > needs to be redone not fixed".
> > 
> > It's not just you, the GNOME MIME system needs to be overhauled. 
> > freedesktop.org has a spec for storing the basic MIME info, but
> > associating applications and actions with the MIME types isn't covered. 
> > I would think using the applications .desktop file would be the logic
> > place for such associations (gnome-vfs or whatever could query
> > all-applications: to get a list of possible applications to launch a
> > mime type, etc.)  It's an oft discussed topic, but I don't know if
> > anyone is actually working on it.
> >  
> 
> I don't think jrb and Waldo are big fans of what's on freedesktop.org
> so far, though.
> 
> One of the big flaws is having a "GNOME" mime system in the first
> place - Mozilla should clearly be using the same system, for example.
> 
> Havoc

As should "file" and "wget". :)

-- dobey

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 point you at an RPM that installs apt, the Debian package system! Yeah,
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