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Bug#463230: ships too many .desktop files, mimetype mess



On Wednesday 30 January 2008, Kevin Krammer wrote:
> On Wednesday 30 January 2008, Erich Schubert wrote:
> > Package: krita
> > Version: 1:1.9.96.0~svn763013-1
> > Severity: normal
> >
> > Krita shows up in the Gnome menu multiple times, because it ships with
> > multiple .desktop files: /usr/share/applications/kde4/krita.desktop
> > /usr/share/applications/kde4/krita_tiff.desktop
> > /usr/share/applications/kde4/krita_bmp.desktop
> > /usr/share/applications/kde4/krita_openexr.desktop
> > /usr/share/applications/kde4/krita_jpeg.desktop
> > /usr/share/applications/kde4/krita_ora.desktop
> > /usr/share/applications/kde4/krita_pdf.desktop
> > /usr/share/applications/kde4/krita_png.desktop
> >
> > These should be merged into one .desktop file.
> > Actually these files are pretty inconsistent, and I guess some of them
> > are stale old copies? krita.desktop should include a MimeType line,
> > listing all supported mime types.
>
> My guess is that each one is installed by a plugin for the respective
> format, i.e. Krita does not support this MIME Type without the plugin.

My guess is also that it is how krita figures out what plugins it has 
available.  I think okular does the same thing with its backends.

/Sune

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