* Jari Aalto+usenet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [060615 12:32]: > (2) Another proposed solution was to use existing MIME types > framework in /etc/mime.types, /etc/mailcap.order and /etc/mailcap. > It tackles the proposal like this: > > application/msword; oowriter '%s'; edit=oowriter '%s'; ... > application/msexcel; oocalc '%s'; edit=oocalc '%s';... >[...] > > (2) There would also be need for standard features to call common > "actions". There is no need for end user to know the names of mime > types. > > x-mime-handler --run FEATURE [ARGS] > > The features would be those proposed at the beginning. Examples: > > x-mime-handler --run x-file-manager /home/foo > x-mime-handler --run x-spreadsheet this.xls
What is wrong with: run-mailcap --action=view application/vnd.ms-excel:this.xls or shorter: see application/vnd.ms-excel:this.xls or even shorten (if its type can be detected automatically correctly and one has no other information:) see this.xls (All available in the mime-support packages and already used for this purpose by a variety of packages.) Hochachtungsvoll, Bernhard R. Link -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
