Re: MIME extensions.

["James M. Cape" <jcape jcinteractive com>]

mark@hoist.nlc.net wrote:
> 
> File extensions should never be trusted.  Unix has a command called
> "file" which should be used to determine file type.
> 
> The absolute WORST thing about win95 is how it associates an
> "extension" with an application.  This isn't being considered for
> Gnome or GMC, is it??  please god, NO.
> 
> My $.02!
> Thanks,
> Mark

At the moment, file extensions are used. Hopefully, they will be
replaced with the actual file type, but before that happens, Gmc needs a
way to deal with network mounts intellegently (and turn off things like
"file" for a network mount).

    Jim Cape
    http://www.jcinteractive.com

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