[Thunar-dev] mime-types detection

[samuel verstraete]

hi,

I'm presenting you a problem i have with *all* file managers i tried
uptill now...

I'm working in a scientific sector and all our raw data (which are
just text files) come overhere as .dat file (dat like in data, pretty
logical... for a scientist like myself)

Now of course i know that files with a .dat extension are supposed to
be mpeg files (format/containers ,whatever)

But i thought that thunar was reading some kind of file header to
detect the file type instead of just checking the file extension?

Cause right now it is of course trying to open this thing with a movie
program (xfmedia/totem/mplay/gxine) which is of course totally
unvalid....

Not really sure what the question is but... any reactions on this?

(btw i tried nautilus, xfffm, rox and thunar :) )

gr,S.