Bug 4953 - New mime type for FreeMind mindmaps
Summary: New mime type for FreeMind mindmaps
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: shared-mime-info
Classification: Unclassified
Component: freedesktop.org.xml (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All All
: high enhancement
Assignee: Jonathan Blandford
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URL: http://freemind.sf.net
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Reported: 2005-11-03 11:04 UTC by Eric L.
Modified: 2007-02-05 08:23 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Attachments
x-freemind.xml (1.22 KB, text/plain)
2005-11-03 11:05 UTC, Eric L.
Details

Description Eric L. 2005-11-03 11:04:33 UTC
Hi,

could you please add the application/x-freemind mime type?

Thanks, Eric
Comment 1 Eric L. 2005-11-03 11:05:57 UTC
Created attachment 3690 [details]
x-freemind.xml
Comment 2 Christian - Manny Calavera - Neumair 2005-11-03 12:31:55 UTC
Thanks for your bug report!
I wonder whether it would be possible to distribute an additional MIME type
definition with freemind.
Comment 3 Eric L. 2005-11-03 23:31:19 UTC
Hi,

what do you mean exactly: if I could package x-freemind.xml with FreeMind and
install it "myself"? If it's the question, yes, I could (I'm responsible for
Debian and RPM packaging) and I even have (Debian) or will (RPM), but the
freedesktop.org main page says everywhere "register your mime type! register
your mime type", so that's what I did...

Did I misunderstood something?

Eric
Comment 4 Thomas Fogwill 2006-09-27 06:20:47 UTC
The .mm file extension for FreeMind conflicts with Troff MM input document
(text/x-troff-mm). I'm not sure how this should be handled - there is a bug
logged at FreeMind to change the extension. See: 
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1367514&group_id=7118&atid=107118
Comment 5 Bastien Nocera 2007-02-05 08:23:11 UTC
(In reply to comment #3)
> Hi,
> 
> what do you mean exactly: if I could package x-freemind.xml with FreeMind and
> install it "myself"? If it's the question, yes, I could (I'm responsible for
> Debian and RPM packaging) and I even have (Debian) or will (RPM), but the
> freedesktop.org main page says everywhere "register your mime type! register
> your mime type", so that's what I did...
> 
> Did I misunderstood something?

There's different ways of "registering" your mime-type. There's the proper registration (with the IANA), which is what's done for things like "audio/mpeg", etc. "Registering" your mime-type/filetype with shared-mime-info is only really useful if the file format is well-specced out already, and more than one application is likely to open/handle it (eg. a number of chess application handle the "PGN" format, the format is well-defined, and there's more than one application able to handle this filetype).

If/when the file type for your application comes to be well-defined enough that other applications would be able to import/export it, then would be the time to make sure it gets added to shared-mime-info. In the meanwhile, it's better off in your application distribution.


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