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List:       kde-artists
Subject:    Re: K-ARTIST: Icon names  XDG/FreeDesktop standard
From:       Frans Englich <frans.englich () telia ! com>
Date:       2004-02-29 17:43:20
Message-ID: 200402291843.20121.frans.englich () telia ! com
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On Sunday 29 February 2004 11:58, Ante Wessels wrote:
> On Sábado 28 Febrero 2004 13:04, Frans Englich wrote:
> > On Friday 27 February 2004 23:12, Kenneth Wimer wrote:
> > > * James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj@acm.org> [Feb 27. 2004 16:30]:
> > > > There is some discussion on the XDG list about standard icons names
> > > > for MIME type icons.
> > > >
> > > > E.G. for the Kexi MIME type, the name would be:
> > > >
> > > > 	kde-mime-application-x-vnd.kde.kexi
> > >
> > > Why is kde used twice?
> >
> > The "x-vnd.kde.kexi" is the MIME type name and kde is the vendor part(RFC
> > 2048/9 I think). And the "kde" part in the beginning.. I skimmed the icon
> > theme spec and also wonder why, perhaps the answer can be found on the
> > xdg list.
>
> Strangely enough, while this new naming convention is longer, it contains
> less information than the naming convention kde uses now. Now, kde naming
> convention discriminates between crsc-, cr16, hi 32, lo22 etc. Or is that
> the "x"?

The "x-" part is there because the mime type is not an official, registered 
mime type(as per mime standard).
Regarding how much information it provides, I think Torsten is right - the 
files are renamed when installed.

Cheers,

		Frans

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