The readme for this version says:
| Mozilla now uses MIME information from system and user mime.types and
| mailcap files if the appropriate preferences are set. Example:
|
| user_pref("helpers.global_mailcap_file", "C:\\OS2\\mailcap");
| user_pref("helpers.global_mime_types_file", "C:\\OS2\\mime.types");
How is this MIME information used ?
In particular, what can be done with these files that can not be
done with the "helper aplication" panel in preferences ?
mikus
p.s. The precedent set way back when with IBM's first browser for
OS/2 (Web Explorer) was:
- File 'extmap', which specified the filename-extensions
for which the browser was to assume that a downloaded
file had a specified mime-type.
- File 'mailcap', which specified to the browser (and to
'metamail') which "helper" application was to process
a downloaded file (or attachment) of a given mime-type.
