From kde-devel  Thu May 13 16:41:27 1999
From: <pbrown () redhat ! com>
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 16:41:27 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Re: Mime-Types
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On Thu, 13 May 1999, Torsten Rahn wrote:

> As this seems to be the period of brainstorming for KDE 2.0:
> 
> Is the definition of new Mimetypes still implemented the way
> it is in KDE 1.1.1? I think it is very difficult to add a new 
> MIME-type (especially if you have a non-kde-app that 
> hasn't appeared in the k-menu) for most people. Even people
> who have been using KDE for a long time have some problems 
> concerning this.
> 
> Anyone with an idea how to make things easier?

While the implementation will likely stay the same (.desktop entries
describing the mime type) a unified mime-type editor (like in Netscape or,
um, GNOME) would be a great tool to have.

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  Preston Brown                                    Systems Engineer
  pbrown@redhat.com                                Red Hat Software, Inc.