Re: SUMMARY -- Generic handling of WORD, EXCEL, FILE MANGER ...

[Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>]

Le jeudi 15 juin 2006 à 13:31 +0300, Jari Aalto+usenet a écrit :
> PROPOSED SOLUTIONS
> 
>     (1) It was discussed if /etc/alternatives could be used by providing
>     configuration possiblitity through
> 
>         update-alternatives --config <item>
> 
>     Where items proposed for graphical programs could include:
> 
>         x-word-processor
>         x-spreadsheet
>         x-file-manager
>         x-archiver
>         x-media-player          or "x-video-player"
>         x-media-editor          or "x-media-mastering"
>         x-music-player
>         x-music-editor          think "audacity" etc.
> 
>     This list is not comprehensive, only a start.
> 
>     (2) Another proposed solution was to use existing MIME types
>     framework in /etc/mime.types, /etc/mailcap.order and /etc/mailcap.
>     It tackles the proposal like this:
> 
>         application/msword; oowriter '%s'; edit=oowriter '%s'; ...
>         application/msexcel; oocalc '%s'; edit=oocalc '%s';...

And (3) use the Freedesktop.org MIME database which already handles
incompatible command line interfaces. This proposal could be summed up
by "do nothing".
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