Bug 12231

Summary:	Unknown x-msword mime type, missing alias
Product:	shared-mime-info	Reporter:	Sebastien Bacher <seb128>
Component:	freedesktop.org.xml	Assignee:	Jonathan Blandford <jrb>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	medium	CC:	bugzilla
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Other
OS:	All
Whiteboard:
i915 platform:		i915 features:
Attachments:	add aliases application/x-mspowerpoint and application/x-msword types

Description Sebastien Bacher 2007-08-31 06:13:17 UTC

The bug has been opened on https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shared-mime-info/+bug/133671

"Binary package hint: shared-mime-info

We often receive evolution mail attachments of type x-msword x-mspowerpoint x-msexcel. These types are even explicitly handled by OpenOffice (see files /usr/lib/mime/packages/openoffice.org-calc, openoffice.org-impress, openoffice-org-writer). However, they are not defined as mime types in /usr/share/mime/packages. Because of this, evolution mail only offers "save as" instead of opening the document with an application. The problem is easily fixed by adding aliases to the relevant mime types in /usr/share/mime/packages/freedesktop.org.xml. For instance, for mime type msword, the following line does the trick:

    <alias type="application/x-msword"/>
..."

Comment 1 Sebastien Bacher 2007-08-31 06:15:27 UTC

Created attachment 11351 [details] [review]
add aliases application/x-mspowerpoint and application/x-msword types

there is already an alias for application/x-msexcel, the patch lists application/x-mspowerpoint and application/x-msword

Comment 2 Bastien Nocera 2007-08-31 11:05:47 UTC

2007-08-31  Bastien Nocera  <hadess@hadess.net>

        * freedesktop.org.xml.in: Patch from Sebastien Bacher
        <seb128@debian.org> to add more aliases for Powerpoint and Word
        mime-types (Closes: #12231)

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