On 03/22/2018 05:13 PM, Cris Fuhrman wrote:
> My initial response was only to Riki. This one is to the whole list
> (slightly clarified):
>
> On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 2:36 PM, Richard Kimberly
> Heck <rikih...@lyx.org <mailto:rikih...@lyx.org>> wrote:
>
>
>     It looks to me as if maybe there is a difference between 2.2.x and
>     2.3.0 in whether
>     it was packed with the "magic" mime-type library. The
>     magic-related code seems to have been
>     skipped in the 2.2.x version.
>
>     In any event, this looks like a bug in the magic library. That's
>     where we are getting the
>     file type from.
>
>
> For the record, the particular .plantuml file *could* be a html_table,
> because it has HTML table data embedded in it. So, I'm not sure I'd
> call it a bug in that library. It's trying to guess, and it's doing a
> pretty good job.
>
> The bug (to me) is that LyX is giving priority to the magic detection
> (guessing) over the actual filetype, defeating the rule. 
>
> I would think that it should trust filetypes that have defined rules
> first, then use magic if it doesn't know the file type.

That's a reasonable suggestion. I'd suggest you file a bug report making it.

Riki

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