Michael Kaply wrote:
> We need a way to map some default mime types to extensions in OS/2,
> similar to a mime.types file on Linux or the registry on Windows.
> We have a couple ways to do this, and I need some opinions.
> 1. Actually use a mime.types files. This would be a text based file that
> stored the extensions. The location of the file would be specified as a
> preference.
> 2. Create an INI file in OS/2 (like MIMETYPE.INI or something silly)
> that stored extension to mime type mappings.
> 3. Create a Mime Types entry in OS/2 ini that had all the extensions and
> a corresponding mime type.
> Note that options 1 and 3 only store extension to mime type mapping
> whereas number 2 could actually store additional info like a default
> application to start the mime type with.
> What do people think is best?
I don't like applications writing their whole stuff into OS2.INI. And 
because you said that only 2 can store additional info (why ?) i would 
prefer 2.

MfG Stefan Milcke
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