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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: MSWord/MSExcel have two mime types?
From:       David Faure <david () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date:       2000-11-04 12:33:39
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On Friday 03 November 2000 21:54, Shaheed Haque wrote:
> I read the RFC, and vnd.xxx is offically correct, but if I understand 
> pbrown's comments, I should use the msword (and msexcel). I presume that 
> this is in the interest of wider compatibility.
> 
> Anyway, I'm going to make olefilter.cc handle both.

Sounds good. For a local file with a .doc or .xls extension, only one mimetype
can be set, of course, and which one it is doesn't matter at all (IMHO), as long
as the filter handles it.

But I guess the whole question about which to use, is about e.g. HTTP servers
that could return one or the other mimetype... I don't see another case where the
actual name of the mimetype really matters (so I'm a bit confused by Preston's
commits).

Hmm, but if you associate a filter with two mimetypes, it might appear a little
strange in the open-file dialog, where there's one entry per mimetype in the
'filter' combobox. To be checked.

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