<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 8:02 AM, Vincent Untz <<a href="mailto:vuntz@gnome.org">vuntz@gnome.org</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> Hi, Le mercredi 18 avril 2012, à 22:50 +0100, Jerome Leclanche a écrit : <div><div class="h5">> On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 7:42 AM, Jerome Leclanche <<a href="mailto:adys.wh@gmail.com">adys.wh@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > > On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 7:33 AM, David Faure <<a href="mailto:faure@kde.org">faure@kde.org</a>> wrote: > > > >> On Tuesday 03 April 2012 18:40:04 Jerome Leclanche wrote: > >> > Writing the intents spec, I found out that according to the desktop > >> entry > >> > spec: > >> > > >> <a href="http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-lates" target="_blank">http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-lates</a> > >> > t.html Desktop Actions do not support a MimeType key. Is there a solid > >> > reason why? > >> > >> I can't think of another reason than "the need for it never popped up > >> before". > >> > >> > My use case: > >> > I have an image viewer and editor which supports viewing jpg and png, > >> > however it can only *edit* png files. The "Edit" action would then only > >> > support image/png while the main entry would support image/jpeg and > >> > image/png. > >> > > >> > One of the issues raised by supporting it is associating a mime type to > >> an > >> > action (rather than a desktop file altogether). > >> > I propose the following syntax for mimeapps.list > >> > > >> > image/jpeg=myapp.desktop; > >> > image/png=myapp.desktop;myapp.desktop[Edit]; > >> > >> OK, but this also needs a fix in the desktop entry spec, right? > >> For the case where the developer already knows in the first place that > >> the app > >> can only edit PNGs. > >> > > > > Not sure I understand what you mean. But yes, the desktop entry spec would > > need an update... The MimeType key needs to be added to Table 3. Action > > Specific Keys. I also propose updating the example desktop entry file to > > display that behaviour. > > The syntax itself for mimeapps.list would not require an update as it's > > just a "list of strings", although I don't think mimeapps.list actually has > > a spec anywhere. > > > > > >> > >> -- > >> David Faure, <a href="mailto:faure@kde.org">faure@kde.org</a>, <a href="http://www.davidfaure.fr" target="_blank">http://www.davidfaure.fr</a> > >> Sponsored by Nokia to work on KDE, incl. KDE Frameworks 5 > >> > >> > > J. Leclanche > > > > > Is there any more feedback on this? Where/how can I submit changes/get them > accepted? </div></div>The following would be nice: + a patch for the spec (living in xdg/xdg-specs in <a href="http://git.freedesktop.org" target="_blank">git.freedesktop.org</a>) + a patch for desktop-file-utils (to update update-desktop-database) + possibly patches for Qt (I assume) and glib to handle the changes in the format of mimeinfo.cache/mimeapps.list It's a bit unclear to me how the old stacks will react to something like: image/png=myapp.desktop[Edit]; Will they just fail gracefully? Cheers, Vincent -- Les gens heureux ne sont pas pressés. _______________________________________________ xdg mailing list <a href="mailto:xdg@lists.freedesktop.org">xdg@lists.freedesktop.org</a> <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg" target="_blank">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg</a> </blockquote></div><div> </div><div>I would have to test. Most likely they would discard it (looking for a file that does not exist, or possibly ignoring an item that doesnt end in .desktop), which is what we would want them to.</div> <div> </div><div>I'll work on the patches, though I would love some help for the update-desktop-database patch from someone who knows the codebase. </div> J. Leclanche