Re: handling of mime-types
- From: jrb redhat com
- To: Nathan Clegg <nathan islanddata com>
- Cc: gnome-devel-list gnome org, gnome-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: handling of mime-types
- Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 18:11:01 -0400
> I am writing an application which interprets some mime types. I want to
> use the default and user-defined mime-types and handlers found in the
> gnome control center. I am confused as to the layout of files in the
> ...share/mime-info and ~/.gnome/mime-info directories. Should I be
> checking all of the .mime and .keys files (I plan on identifying and
> handling them)? Why does mc.keys define handlers for types it does not
> "own"? It seems that they should be in gnome.keys and used by gmc instead
> of split between gnome.mime and mc.keys.
mc.keys is there mostly for historical reasons. The gnome-libs mime-handling
stuff will parse anything with a ".keys" extension, so you shouldn't need to
worry much about it. You shouldn't be looking at the .mime and .keys files
at all, either -- gnome-mime (and gnome-mime-info) handles all that for you.
> What is the most correct and portable way to find the directories I should
> be searching in?
If you are really interested in doing your own parsing, there's a doc
(gnome-libs/devel-docs/mime-type-handling.txt) that explains a lot. However,
I'd stick to gnome-mime.h and gnome-mime-info.h if possible.
-Jonathan
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