MIME Activation

[Waldo Bastian]

On Sunday 13 April 2003 16:43, David Faure wrote:
> Since this list is in fact redundant with the MimeType field in the
> .desktop file, maybe this means the best solution is to group the two, i.e.
> something like
> MimeTypeList=application/x-vnd.kde.karbon(10),application/postscript(2) in
> the .desktop file of the application, replacing the MimeType line. (I gave
> it a new name to avoid confusing existing MimeType=... parsers) (Any other
> syntax is fine with me of course).

But you want to stay compatible with the existing MimeType= entry. So either 
you should 
a) Have both MimeType= and MimeTypeList=. That is ugly because you duplicate 
info.
b) Have MimeType= list the mimetypes and MimeTypeList= the preferences in the 
same order. Error prone I'm afraid.
c) Overload the MimeType= entry: 
MimeTypeList=application/x-vnd.kde.karbon;10;application/postscript;2;
Numbers aren't valid mimetypes so they shouldn't create too much confusion.
d) Come up with something better :-)

Cheers,
Waldo
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