mime and freedesktop (was: Desktop Icons)

[Thomas Leonard]

On Fri, 03 Oct 2003, edscott wilson garcia wrote:
[..]
> But how should the argument format string be written? (remember that we
> need to define multiple <xfce:application> elements for a single type)
> 
> Currently xffm has:
> <extension id=".tex" application="xterm" arguments="-e latex"/> 
> 
> maybe:
> 
> <glob pattern="*.tex"/>
> <xfce:application arguments="-e latex">xterm</application>
> 
> or maybe this (because it's easier to work with):
> 
> <glob pattern="*.tex"/>
> <xfce:application>
>   <app>xterm</app>
>   <arg>-e latex</arg>
> </application>
> 
> or maybe I can do anyway since the "xfce" prefix indicates the designer
> of the spec.

Yes, you can do whatever you want.
<xfce:application>xterm -e latex "$@"</xfce:application> might be easiest
(at least if anyone wants to hand-edit the file). That also allows
redirections, pipelines, etc.

The reason for the possible link with the .desktop spec is that you might
not want to present the raw command to the user, so then you try:

<xfce:application>
  <command>xterm -e latex "$@"</command>
  <description xml:lang='en'>Process with LaTeX</description>
  <description ...>
  ...
</xfce:application>

And then Gimp finds itself writing that out for every image format it
supports, etc. But if you don't care about displaying a human-readable
form of the command or an icon, then just go ahead and use the simpler
system...

> Please don't think I'm being obnoxious, I just don't have the clear
> picture I need to start coding.

HTH,


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