X-KDE-IsAlso=text/plain

[Nicolas Goutte]

On Wednesday 27 July 2005 15:04, Allan Sandfeld Jensen wrote:
> On Wednesday 27 July 2005 14:53, Nicolas Goutte wrote:
> > On Wednesday 27 July 2005 14:45, Allan Sandfeld Jensen wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 27 July 2005 09:10, Andras Mantia wrote:
> > > > On Wednesday 27 July 2005 01:25, Thiago Macieira wrote:
> > > > > Andras Mantia wrote:
> > > > > >On Tuesday 26 July 2005 22:11, Nicolas Goutte wrote:
> > > > > >> RFC 2046:
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> <quote>The subtype "plain" in
> > > > > >>           particular indicates plain text containing no
> > > > > >>           formatting commands or directives of any sort. Plain
> > > > > >>           text is intended to be displayed "as-is".</quote>
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Than how can we know if a files can be opened in a text editor or
> > > > > > not?
> > > > >
> > > > > Any text/* can be opened in a text editor, by definition.
> > > > >
> > > > > If the user can make heads or tails of it is another story.
> > > >
> > > > application/x-php is also text... Same for other scripts.
> > >
> > > Well, it should probably x-kde-isAlso'ed to some text/*
> > >
> > > So I propose anything that isAlso text/* can be opened by a
> > > text-editor..
> >
> > But, to repeat it, this is not possible, except if you use text/plain in
> > a way that it is not defined by IANA.
>
> Why is that not possible?
> We could just define the editors to work on text/*, and if they don't
> support wildcards I will just add it.

This is a dead-end. As written freedesktop.org' mime type database also 
contains the "IsAlso" property. I do not know if this database will be used 
for KDE 4 or only in KDE 5 (or even later) but we must avoid to create 
situations of conflict.

Properties of mime types will always be needed (as far as I know the database 
does not even contain a hint for an icon).

Have a nice day!

>
> `Sllsn