From kde-core-devel  Tue Nov 16 13:32:22 1999
From: Leon Widdershoven <l.widdershoven () fz-juelich ! de>
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 13:32:22 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: More KServiceTypeProfile thoughts (and why gvim gets launched !)
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Cristian Tibirna wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, David Faure wrote:
> 
> > > I mean, put '0' on kwrite and '3' on gvim and not the other way around.
> > > Why? Look at what the samba team does with the prefered browser servers
> > > on an NT lan :-)
> > Oh, you mean so that with 0 we are sure it's the maximum ?
> > Well if we say valid numbers are between 0 and 10 and put 10 for kwrite,
> > we're sure it will always be the maximum, so I don't see the difference !??
> >
> 
> Of course. But with this you will always have to fight poeple to
> understand where the max limit stands etc. Anyways, this is minor issue. I
> like practical logic exercises a bit too much.
> 
> Now a real issue. What happens if a subsequently installed .desktop file
> doubles the same preference number for a mimetype. Use random? Use
> alphabetic order?
> 
> Cristian

Use the OLDEST .desktop file. That one is longest around and if the user 
would have preferred a different preference number for that one he would
have given it. And if the user never looked to the .desktop file at 
all it doesn't matter which one to use.

Just my $0.02,
Leon