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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    RE: being able to "remove" global items from KStdDirs hierarchy
From:       David Faure <David.Faure () cramersystems ! com>
Date:       1999-11-02 8:54:46
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> So I'm working on FileTypes (the new mime-type editing application) today
> and I had a realization.  If a user wants to be able to _remove_ a
> mimetype from their sycoca registry that is global in nature, 
> they won't be able to.  They can override it and stuff, but they can't 
> actually make it disappear.  This isn't very good.
Oh that's right. I remember old bug reports about that.

> Any opinions on how we should handle this?
When a global file exists, I can see only one solution : 
a 'disabled' attribute in the user's file, that disables the mimetype for
the user.
(And then ksycoca would simply skip it when creating the file, or when
returning
mimetypes).

--
David Faure
faure@kde.org - KDE developer
david@mandrakesoft.com - Mandrake
david.faure@cramersystems.com - Cramer Systems

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