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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: call for Applications for Nautilus (short notice)
From:       Seth Nickell <seth () eazel ! com>
Date:       2001-02-27 13:42:26
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Roberto Alsina wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> 
> > On Monday 26 February 2001 14:58, Seth Nickell wrote:
> > > > Could you also provide us with the data for the GNOME apps for our own
> > > > app database?
> > >
> > > See my previous message. Database already sent to the KDE developer
> > > apparently responsible for the KDE database.
> > >
> > > -Seth
> >
> > That must be me. But you lost me now. The only problem is that the mimetypes
> > supported by a gnome application are listed in this database instead of the
> > .desktop file, right?
> >
> > But GNOME applications still _do_ install a .desktop file, do they?
> 
> That's probably my fault. I read something about Nautilus having its own
> mime-type stuff, and didn't check (because I can't make it work :-P)

They have .desktop files, but GNOME .desktop files do not include the
MimeType field. It was apparently a matter of some technical contention
when the spec was being discussed, and is today on the gnome-kde list.
For better or worse, most gnome applications do not use this field today
:-(

-Seth
 
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