On Sun, 2007-07-08 at 22:38 -0400, Michael Richardson wrote:
> > "Rodney" == Rodney Dawes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >> How can a type be "safe" or "unsafe"? Safeness depends on the
> >> application. E.g. a python script is safe if you open it with a
> >> text editor, but not if
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> "Rodney" == Rodney Dawes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> How can a type be "safe" or "unsafe"? Safeness depends on the
>> application. E.g. a python script is safe if you open it with a
>> text editor, but not if you use a python int
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> "Christopher" == Christopher Aillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Christopher> the default would be to simply download it. That is
Christopher> irrelevant because the browser implementors and mail
Christopher> client implementors get
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> "Thomas" == Thomas Leonard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Thomas> However, putting it in the MIME database is quite risky. For
Thomas> example, say I'm writing a python code visualiser. I want to
Thomas> be able to click on a python fil
Thomas Leonard wrote:
> On Sat, 07 Jul 2007 16:22:19 -0400, Christopher Aillon wrote:
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>> Thomas Leonard wrote:
>>> Christopher Aillon wrote:
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Why risk a .desktop file which is wrong?
>
>>> Both the .desktop file and the MIME information come from the
>>> application, so tha
On 7/8/07, Thomas Leonard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, 07 Jul 2007 16:22:19 -0400, Christopher Aillon wrote:
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> > Thomas Leonard wrote:
> >> Christopher Aillon wrote:
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> >>> Why risk a .desktop file which is wrong?
Desktop files can be as wrong as a MIME metadata. The prob
On Sat, 07 Jul 2007 16:22:19 -0400, Christopher Aillon wrote:
> Thomas Leonard wrote:
>> Christopher Aillon wrote:
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>>> Why risk a .desktop file which is wrong?
>> Both the .desktop file and the MIME information come from the
>> application, so that doesn't help you.
>
> You are co
