Perhaps. In general this should be the job of the distribution, but I'm not sure we can count on the distributions to define such application-specific types. Anyone else have comments on this?
On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 01:36:17PM -0500, José Ignacio wrote: > On May 30, 2016 7:53 AM, "Chris Pavlina" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Committed with cleanups. > > > > I used application/x-gerber and application/x-excellon for Gerber and > Excellon > > formats. There is a bit of disagreement over the proper MIME types for > those, > > but those are what gerbv uses, so we might as well not be different just > for > > the sake of it. We should probably add an association between the mime > type and > > the usual extensions as well, as I don't think those are generally > recognize - > > not sure how to do that, perhaps you could follow up? > > I'm inclined to let distributions define generic types like gerber and > excellon. It would not be proper to define them in the kicad mime package > imo, as they are not kicad-specific. I can write up a package for standard > gerber files that can be installed optionally if the user doesnt have the > mime type installed. If the mime type is installed by the system just > putting the types in the .desktop as you did is sufficient. > > > > > We should reach out to the translators directly for translations. > > > > I've attached a diff from your version to mine so you can see what I > changed. > > You did the bulk of the work, so I still credited you. > > > > On Sun, May 29, 2016 at 06:30:40PM -0500, José Ignacio Romero wrote: > > > > > > Put all keys in consistent order and remove/fix bogus mime types, some > > > assigned to programs that don't even open files. Those files could use > > > some TLC from translators and people better at words than me to > > > improve the wording and provide translated names and tooltips, I > > > preserved some of the french that was already in the files. > > > --- > > > .../linux/mime/applications/bitmap2component.desktop | 12 > ++++++------ > > > resources/linux/mime/applications/eeschema.desktop | 16 > +++++++++------- > > > resources/linux/mime/applications/gerbview.desktop | 13 > +++++++------ > > > resources/linux/mime/applications/kicad.desktop | 14 > ++++++++------ > > > resources/linux/mime/applications/pcbcalculator.desktop | 14 > +++++++------- > > > resources/linux/mime/applications/pcbnew.desktop | 15 > ++++++++------- > > > 6 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-) > > > > > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

