#76 Inconsistent MIME or media type lists

[Ark]

The files in the mime directory list contradictorily or incompletely what MComix is capable of. For example, mcomix.desktop offers application/x-cb7 while all the other files that list MIME types do not. Furthermore, the icons directory does not contain files like application-x-cb7.png.

Also, things should be made consistent with constants.py. For example, MComix is able to handle application/pdf now (which is not listed anywhere else).

[Ark]

What to do with file types that are usually handled by different programs, e.g. 7z or PNG? That is, why is it that only cb* types are being listed but "plain" archive types or image types are not?

Furthermore, Wikipedia suggests application/x-rar-compressed (not listed in constants.py) but also refers to https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6648. On the other hand, I don't know how files like *.desktop are specified, that is, which MIME types they accept or do not accept.

[Benoit Pierre]

MuPDF desktop file lists:

• application/pdf
• application/x-pdf
• application/x-cbz
• application/oxps
• application/vnd.ms-xpsdocument
• image/jpeg
• image/pjpeg
• image/png
• image/tiff
• image/x-tiff

Evince desktop file lists:

• application/pdf
• application/x-bzpdf
• application/x-gzpdf
• application/x-xzpdf
• application/x-ext-pdf
• application/postscript
• application/x-bzpostscript
• application/x-gzpostscript
• image/x-eps
• image/x-bzeps
• image/x-gzeps
• application/x-ext-ps
• application/x-ext-eps
• application/x-dvi
• application/x-bzdvi
• application/x-gzdvi
• application/x-ext-dvi
• image/vnd.djvu
• application/x-ext-djv
• application/x-ext-djvu
• image/tiff
• application/x-cbr
• application/x-cbz
• application/x-cb7
• application/x-cbt
• application/x-ext-cbr
• application/x-ext-cbz
• application/x-ext-cb7
• application/x-ext-cbt
• application/oxps
• application/vnd.ms-xpsdocument

So I think the list used by MComix should be like this:

• application/x-cb7
• application/x-ext-cb7
• application/x-cbr
• application/x-ext-cbr
• application/x-cbt
• application/x-ext-cbt
• application/x-cbz
• application/x-ext-cbz
• application/pdf
• application/x-pdf
• application/x-ext-pdf
• image/bmp
• image/x-MS-bmp
• image/x-bmp
• image/gif
• image/jpeg
• image/png
• image/tiff
• image/x-portable-bitmap
• image/x-portable-graymap
• image/x-portable-pixmap

Also mime/mcomix.xml is missing application/x-cb7, although I'm not sure there is still a need for this file as probably most distributions include /usr/share/mime/packages/freedesktop.org.xml which already contains those definitions.

Anyway see here and there for the respective fixes, which I can push to Subversion if you're okay with the changes.

[Ark]

I'm okay with it (see [#73]). Could you please add the corresponding mime/icons/*x*/application-x-cb7.png files?

[Benoit Pierre]

Done.

[Ark]

Thank you.