My personal opinion is that this would be a good change, for the reasons currently on the table. I would use the file extension ".zimpage" or ".zimnote".
Also, what happens if you shell-launch a Zim page file from the desktop file manager or search tool using the executable "zim"? Does it explore up the tree to find a "notebook.zim" file, open the whole notebook and navigate to the page? If not I think it should. How much work would that be? On 12/5/11, Jaap Karssenberg <jaap.karssenb...@gmail.com> wrote: > All, > > We have had this discussion before. I'm not against changing the extension > for zim notes, but only on the condition that we have a clear file > extension. The ".note" suggested above is something I would consider as it > is human readable - but not sure if we can use that if it is already in use > by Tomboy. > > Suggestions I rejected i nthe past include ".zim" - which is used for the > notebook config, ".wiki" as being to generic (although I might reconsider > that one) and more cryptic combinations like "zwk" for zim-wiki etc. > > Regards, > > Jaap > > > On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 3:53 AM, Michael Mulqueen > <mich...@mulqueen.me.uk>wrote: > >> Hi Marcel and Svenn, >> >> Obviously Jaap will have to decide as it's his project. But I'd be >> very much in favour of using a different file extension for zim's >> files. I see only benefits. We gain the ability to do a fast mimetype >> determination and with it the ability to integrate into things like >> Zeitgeist. It won't change the ability to open zim files in a plain >> text editor such as vim or gedit. In fact, if anyone needs this, all >> they need to do is change the default program for the mimetype (which >> is easily done from Nautilus) or access from the open dialogue of the >> program. I note that the mime file for zim describes zim's format as a >> subset of plain text, so you would hope that anything that struggled >> with the idea of text/x-zim-wiki would see text/plain and treat it as >> such. >> >> I can't remember for sure, but I seem to recall older versions of zim >> (perhaps even back to the Perl Zim) not having the current header >> information etc. that they do. Perhaps Jaap could confirm whether I'm >> imagining this or not. In those days, it would obviously make sense >> for them to be referred to as plain text, because that's actually all >> they were. Now it's closer to file format in its own right. >> >> Regards, >> Mike >> >> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 10:09 PM, Svenn Are Bjerkem >> <svenn.bjer...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> > On 4 December 2011 22:49, Marcel Stimberg >> > <stimb...@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: >> >> Hi Michael, >> >> I think there are two solutions to this problem: >> >> * Register the .txt extension for the text/x-zim-wiki mime type -- >> >> this has the small disadvantage that for all .txt files, a time-costly >> >> (relatively speaking) content lookup has to be performed >> >> * Use a different extension for zim notes (e.g. Tomboy uses .note) >> >> >> >> Any thoughts on this? >> > >> > I really would like to see zim accept that .txt files are pure text >> > files and not supposed to be interpreted. Maybe making the extension >> > configurable in the notebook.zim file? Using 'find' or 'locate' in >> > unix looking for files with ending .txt seldom show me only my zim >> > notebook pages. >> > >> > -- >> > Svenn >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki >> > Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net >> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki >> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki >> Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp