[Portland-bugs] [Bug 9310] New: rexx mime type

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9310          
     
           Summary: rexx mime type
           Product: Portland
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P2
         Component: xdg-utils
        AssignedTo: portland-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: cb at lim.nl


xdg-utils currently appears to identify a Rexx file on the basis of the string
"/*" (or maybe "/* [...] */") at the beginning of the first line. This is
correct for Rexx files which are used under OS/2, which is how the OS/2 shell
recognizes them as such.

However, when writing a Rexx program under Linux, you customarily put a shebang
in the first line pointing to the Regina interpreter:

#!/usr/bin/regina

so as to enable the files to be executable. It would be very helpful if this
pattern could be added to the xdg-mime database. This would enable, for example,
gedit to properly recognize Rexx files under Linux and automatically switch on
syntax highlighting.          
     
     
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