Re: [FreeWRL] mimetypes and 3 questions

[Harold <hb...@no...>]

my x3d test case url disappeared in this email!

Here it is:

http://x3d-earth.nps.edu/globe/SanFrancisco/north/tiles/0/north0-0.x3d


HB
> This is what I've been trying to do today:
>
> - tell iceweasel/firefox to open x3d and vrml files without the plugin but
> by launching the stand-alone freewrl in it's own window.
>
> At first it seems easy with .vrml files .. just open up the
> preferences/applications tab and change vrm files to /usr/bin/freewrl.
>
> Then I tried .x3d files .. and this is what I had to do:
>
> - open 'about:config' and see what mimetypes freewrl plugin supports.
> - add/edit the /etc/mimetypes file to agree with this
> - shut down iceweasel/firefox
> - delete .mozilla/firefox/*/mimtypes.rdf file
> - restart iceweasel
> - repeat what I did for vrm files in preferences/applications
>
> Now this seemed to work fine for the test file '1.x3d' .. but when I go to
> the x3d-earth site and try this:
>

http://x3d-earth.nps.edu/globe/SanFrancisco/north/tiles/0/north0-0.x3d


> I get:
> Could Not Locate Inline URL /tmp/../../tiles/1/south1-1.x3d
>
> .. but this URL works fine with the plugin.
>
> Q1: Is this expected behaviour?
>
> It looks like there are 'wget' inlines in this code and it looks like the
> relative position of these inlines is being messed up (/tmp/../..  ).
>
> I tried in a console:
>
> freewrl http://.....
>
> and it works fine.
>
> When I try to trap any errors from this freewrl launch I simply get four
> lines:
> Inline unsuccessful
> Inline unsuccessful
> Inline unsuccessful
> Inline unsuccessful
>
> Q2: Is there something in freewrl that detects it's being called from a
> browser and then treats the inlines differently?
>
> Q3: Should we be modifying the /etc/mime.types file (or suggesting to the
> installer to update the mime.types) to reflect the vrml/x3d mimetypes?
>
> x-world/x-vrml                                  wrl
> model/vrml                                      wrl
> model/x3d                                       x3d
> model/x3d+xml                                   x3d
> model/x3d+vrml                                  x3dv
> model/x3d+binary                                x3db
>
> In my Debian Lenny release the mime.types has these lines only:
>
> model/vrml                                      wrl vrml
> x-world/x-vrml                                  vrm vrml wrl
>
>
> Harold
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