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 42 ;-)
