On 28 Jul 2007, at 11:48, Benedikt Meurer wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>>> Like many file managers, Thunar has a "sort by type" option. Is >>>> this >>>> based simply on file extension? >>>> >>>> Would it be possible to sort by MIME category? I would like to have >>>> images separated from audio and text files for example, with all >>>> known >>>> image formats grouped together. Inside a MIME category, files >>>> could then >>>> be sorted alphabetically or by MIME type. >>>> >>>> Thanks for this great file manager. >>> "Sort by Type" does sorting based on the comment of the MIME type. >>> >> I am sorry but this is not sorting based on the MIME category. >> >> In my work folder, I have files of kind (as reported by file >> properties >> in Thunar 0.8.0, sorted by type): >> >> Gimp Image >> EPS Image >> PDF document >> plain text >> PNG Image >> >> I would like the following sorting: >> >> (application category) >> PDF document >> >> (image category) >> Gimp Image >> EPS Image >> PNG Image >> >> (text category) >> plain text > > That would be possible. But possibly confusing to the user.
Yeah it's confusing for some types, for example: application/ogg, or application/postscript ... these are not actually application filetypes. _______________________________________________ Thunar-dev mailing list Thunar-dev@xfce.org http://foo-projects.org/mailman/listinfo/thunar-dev
