From: Greg S. <gs...@fr...> - 2001-08-25 14:07:33
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A followup to my previous message, The mime info for the identification method I proposed comes from file command's magic number file, located (usually) in /usr/share/magic. If magic is installed, you can read the magic man page for more information. You can use the file command to determine the type of file you are interested in. -- Greg On 25 Aug 2001 10:02:37 EDT, Greg Spath said: > Hello, > > On my system, most of the icons I use are PNG's. I notice that ROX > does recognize the image format, even if I simply copy the icon to an > application directory and rename it to "AppIcon.XPM" without converting > the image format itself. > > Perhaps the ".XPM" (or ".png" for the ".DirIcon.png" method) should be > optional? Rox already knows what is (or should be) in the file. I > just don't like stuffing ".XPM" on something that isn't, I guess :) > > This goes with my second request, which deals with MIME type handling. > > Instead of basing MIME type on filename (Last I checked ROX doesn't > even use gnome's regexp typing?), it would be nice if done based on the > contents of the file. This is the way KDE's KFM used to work, and it > is very nice. This way no matter what your file is named, the proper > application and icon associations are used. > > One final request is to somehow enable different appearances for each > ROX-filer directory window, to include fonts, font colors, preferred > view (icon size & details) and background color/image. Not that > important, but it is a nice way to have visual cues as to what you have > open on the desktop. > > Thanks again for such a fast, elegant, and useful file and application > manager! > > -- Greg > > > -- > Greg Spath > gs...@fr... > http://freefall.homeip.net/ > > > _______________________________________________ > rox-devel mailing list > rox...@li... > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rox-devel > -- Greg Spath gs...@fr... http://freefall.homeip.net/ |