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Re: [gcmd-dev] Simple mimetype editor


From: Piotr Eljasiak
Subject: Re: [gcmd-dev] Simple mimetype editor
Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2007 22:45:14 +0200

> I have written a basic mimetype editor in a shellscript using zenity
> to get a nice GTK inteface. I am attaching the script to this message.
> Try it if you want. It can be used through the gcmd file properties
> dialog (rightclick context menu -- properties...), where you can
> use the "Change" button. Just place the script in you path (or
> symlink to it from /usr/local/bin or something like that), it has to
> be saved with the name "gnome-file-types-properties" to work
> from gcmd.
> 
> It does so far only the basic tasks, like changing default "open with
> application" or adding new applications not yet registered to be able
> to handle the mimetype in question. The script works on the files
> in the $HOME/.local/share/application folder, so back them up
> before playing around...

I've tested it on Power Point presentation *.pps. Both Nautilus & gcmd
detect its MIME type as application/vnd.ms-powerpoint and suggest to
open with 'Presentation', but the script gives application as
'Word_Processor'. Who's right?





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