Re: application-document associations

[Ben Ford <ben kalifornia com>]

Murray Cumming wrote:

> Are we supposed to be using file extensions (e.g. something.gnumeric) to
> identify file types in GNOME? If so:
>
> - How can I tell GNOME about new file types?
>
> - Shouldn't there be a central list of registered file extensions? Apple has
> this for their file identifiers. MS does not, and many applications use the
> same extensions, leading to chaos.
>
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There is always the /etc/magic file . . . .

-b