[blfs-dev] Firefox/Thunderbird MimeType
We need to add the MimeType to the .desktop files for Firefox and Thunderbird. These are required to make them the default handlers in Gnome and KDE. I believe there are other ways in both, but I haven't looked in KDE, and haven't been able to figure it out in Gnome yet, but this is the way the spec wants it. I'm not sure about LXDE and XFCE...do they follow freedesktop.org standard? Also, the "--enable-calendar" switch is not included in the Thunderbird mozconfig that is in the book. What I have for mime types is... Firefox: MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https; Thunderbird: MimeType=text/calendar;text/x-vcard;text/directory;application/mbox;message/rfc822;x-scheme-handler/mailto;x-scheme-handler/news;x-scheme-handler/snews;x-scheme-handler/nntp;x-scheme-handler/feed -- DJ Lucas -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content, and is believed to be clean. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: [blfs-dev] Firefox/Thunderbird MimeType
On Thu, 05 Jul 2012 07:15:20 +0100 DJ Lucas wrote: > We need to add the MimeType to the .desktop files for Firefox and > Thunderbird. These are required to make them the default handlers in > Gnome and KDE. I believe there are other ways in both, but I haven't > looked in KDE, and haven't been able to figure it out in Gnome yet, but > this is the way the spec wants it. I'm not sure about LXDE and XFCE...do > they follow freedesktop.org standard? I don't know. With XFCE the firefox.desktop file that's in the book shows up in the menu. If I click on a html file in Thunar a dialog pops up that asks me to pick an application. If I add a MimeType line to the firefox.desktop it makes no difference, it still doesn't suggest to use Firefox, I still have to choose it from all the others. Once I've chosen it I can make it the default so it's not something that needs to be done every time. It only needs to be done once for each mime type. > Also, the "--enable-calendar" > switch is not included in the Thunderbird mozconfig that is in the book. I've never used this calendar but if it's useful to some people that's fine. Maybe we could put the option in the mozconfig with a line that says: # If you want to compile the Mozilla Calendar, uncomment this line: # ac_add_options --enable-calendar > What I have for mime types is... > > Firefox: > MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https; > > Thunderbird: > MimeType=text/calendar;text/x-vcard;text/directory;application/mbox;message/rfc822;x-scheme-handler/mailto;x-scheme-handler/news;x-scheme-handler/snews;x-scheme-handler/nntp;x-scheme-handler/feed > Fair enough. Those line make no difference that I'm aware of to LXPanel or to XFCE but I don't think it'll do any harm and if it helps someone then it should go in the book. Andy -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: [blfs-dev] Firefox/Thunderbird MimeType
On 07/05/2012 07:11 AM, Andrew Benton wrote: > On Thu, 05 Jul 2012 07:15:20 +0100 > DJ Lucas wrote: > >> We need to add the MimeType to the .desktop files for Firefox and >> Thunderbird. These are required to make them the default handlers in >> Gnome and KDE. I believe there are other ways in both, but I haven't >> looked in KDE, and haven't been able to figure it out in Gnome yet, but >> this is the way the spec wants it. I'm not sure about LXDE and XFCE...do >> they follow freedesktop.org standard? > I don't know. With XFCE the firefox.desktop file that's in the book > shows up in the menu. If I click on a html file in Thunar a dialog pops > up that asks me to pick an application. If I add a MimeType line to the > firefox.desktop it makes no difference, it still doesn't suggest to use > Firefox, I still have to choose it from all the others. Once I've > chosen it I can make it the default so it's not something that needs to > be done every time. It only needs to be done once for each mime type. > >> Also, the "--enable-calendar" >> switch is not included in the Thunderbird mozconfig that is in the book. > I've never used this calendar but if it's useful to some people that's > fine. Maybe we could put the option in the mozconfig with a line that > says: > > # If you want to compile the Mozilla Calendar, uncomment this line: > # ac_add_options --enable-calendar > There is actually more to it than that. I didn't notice it missing until after I built it and didn't have a calendar sidebar. I just installed the binary lightening plugin for now. Will revisit all of my previous comments/commitments as soon as I have a fully functional system again. >> What I have for mime types is... >> >> Firefox: >> MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https; >> >> Thunderbird: >> MimeType=text/calendar;text/x-vcard;text/directory;application/mbox;message/rfc822;x-scheme-handler/mailto;x-scheme-handler/news;x-scheme-handler/snews;x-scheme-handler/nntp;x-scheme-handler/feed >> > Fair enough. Those line make no difference that I'm aware of to LXPanel > or to XFCE but I don't think it'll do any harm and if it helps someone > then it should go in the book. I'm worried about the long lines in the book. What do you think of putting only the mime types in by default? Defaults would be: Firefox: MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml; Thunderbird: MimeType=text/x-vcard;text/directory;application/mbox;message/rfc822 And then providing a list in the book with the available additional types (only "text/calendar" is added for thunderbird) and handlers (all above) and instructions to modify as appropriate for the system it is going on? Again, I'll be happy to take care of it in a couple of days. -- DJ Lucas -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content, and is believed to be clean. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: [blfs-dev] Firefox/Thunderbird MimeType
DJ Lucas wrote:
>>> What I have for mime types is...
>>>
>>> Firefox:
>>> MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;x-scheme-handler/http;
x-scheme-handler/https;
>>>
>>> Thunderbird:
>>> MimeType=text/calendar;text/x-vcard;text/directory;application/mbox;
message/rfc822;x-scheme-handler/mailto;x-scheme-handler/news;
x-scheme-handler/snews;x-scheme-handler/nntp;x-scheme-handler/feed
> I'm worried about the long lines in the book. What do you think of
> putting only the mime types in by default? Defaults would be:
>
> Firefox:
> MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;
>
> Thunderbird:
> MimeType=text/x-vcard;text/directory;application/mbox;message/rfc822
Sometimes long lines are a problem. I've noticed that the new Seamonkey
breaks lines at dashes for me, but I'm sure some browsers don't. I'm no
longer concerned about a pdf version of BLFS. We haven't created a
version in years and I don't recall anyone saying
they'd like one.
For MimeType we could just break it manually and add a note saying the
line breaks should not be present. Alternatively, if we are going to
use echo, we could do something like:
m1=text/calendar;text/x-vcard;text/directory;
m2=application/mbox;message/rfc822;x-scheme-handler/mailto;
m3=x-scheme-handler/news;x-scheme-handler/snews;
m4=x-scheme-handler/nntp;x-scheme-handler/feed
echo "MimeType=$m1$m2$m3$m4" > some-file
We might even get clever and write something like:
m5=`echo x-scheme-handler/{mailto,news,snews,nntp,feed}|sed '/ /;/g'`
m6=`echo text/{calendar,x-vcard,directory} |sed '/ /;/g'`
echo "MimeType=$m6;application/mbox;message/rfc822;$m5" > some-file
:) :)
-- Bruce
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Re: [blfs-dev] Firefox/Thunderbird MimeType
On 07/07/2012 11:23 AM, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> DJ Lucas wrote:
>
What I have for mime types is...
Firefox:
MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;x-scheme-handler/http;
> x-scheme-handler/https;
Thunderbird:
MimeType=text/calendar;text/x-vcard;text/directory;application/mbox;
> message/rfc822;x-scheme-handler/mailto;x-scheme-handler/news;
> x-scheme-handler/snews;x-scheme-handler/nntp;x-scheme-handler/feed
>
>> I'm worried about the long lines in the book. What do you think of
>> putting only the mime types in by default? Defaults would be:
>>
>> Firefox:
>> MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;
>>
>> Thunderbird:
>> MimeType=text/x-vcard;text/directory;application/mbox;message/rfc822
> Sometimes long lines are a problem. I've noticed that the new Seamonkey
> breaks lines at dashes for me, but I'm sure some browsers don't. I'm no
> longer concerned about a pdf version of BLFS. We haven't created a
> version in years and I don't recall anyone saying
> they'd like one.
I've seen some conversation about an epub version, but my real concern
regarding Firefox (and long lines in general) is that i imagine quite a
few people are still using links or lynx at that point. One of them puts
spaces at the beginning of the new line. I actually forgot about
SeaMonkey as I don't use it, but it too is affected and should have the
same MimeType lines combined and added, and of course, the length is
probably even more important there regarding links/lynx. I'm not sure of
the additional mime-types for the irc client. Does SeaMonkey include
.desktop file(s) by default?
>
> For MimeType we could just break it manually and add a note saying the
> line breaks should not be present. Alternatively, if we are going to
> use echo, we could do something like:
>
> m1=text/calendar;text/x-vcard;text/directory;
> m2=application/mbox;message/rfc822;x-scheme-handler/mailto;
> m3=x-scheme-handler/news;x-scheme-handler/snews;
> m4=x-scheme-handler/nntp;x-scheme-handler/feed
>
> echo "MimeType=$m1$m2$m3$m4" > some-file
>
> We might even get clever and write something like:
>
> m5=`echo x-scheme-handler/{mailto,news,snews,nntp,feed}|sed '/ /;/g'`
> m6=`echo text/{calendar,x-vcard,directory} |sed '/ /;/g'`
> echo "MimeType=$m6;application/mbox;message/rfc822;$m5" > some-file
>
> :) :)
Yes, that works well for all. Sounds good.
-- DJ Lucas
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