From: David J. <je...@ch...> - 2003-08-27 16:11:21
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In the mimetypes area, I recommend AppInfo.xml include the mimetype, possible file extensions, a pleasant name of the filetype, and a relative path to an icon for the mimetype (Which is inside the wrapper). Also, I've been thinking alot about standardization of something like AppInfo.xml and having it contain lots of important information. You can read some of my thoughts here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OpenBundle/message/5 http://mozart.chat.net/~jeske/Projects/OpenBundle/ This is the kind of information I'd like to include: I. GUI Applications 1) platform binaries (so you can have multiple binaries, each for a different platform), and binary type (elf binary? python? Java? .NET?) 2) the application icon 3) mimetypes supported, and icons for each mimetype 4) application right-click context menu 5)a Application scripting API (think Win32 DDE) II. Plug-Ins/Libraries Provided 1) shlib/dso/java libraries (per platform/type) 2) plug-in application 3) plug-in type/api III. Dependencies Required 1) system dependencies (rpm? shlib name?) 2) other bundles which are required (shlibs) 3) types of plug-in bundles which are useful IV. Development Kits 1) headers 2) library binaries (per-platform target) 3) source code for source-debugging (zip archive?) V. Servers/Daemons 1) restartable services -- David Jeske (N9LCA) + http://www.chat.net/~jeske/ + je...@ch... |