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From: Chris Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 01:48:19 -0500
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] file types/associations

> Angus Auld wrote:
> 
> >What I would like to know is what the duplication of types is about? Why are there 
>two?
> 
> Some program created the x-midimime type.
> 
> >Do I have to edit both?
> 
> I would.
> 
> >Is the "x" for X-windows?
> 
> No. There are standard mime types registered with IANA of which midi is
> one. Additionaly, anyone may create more mime types for their own use
> but they must begin with "x-".
> 
> These links might help:
> 
> http://developer.kde.org/documentation/library/kdeqt/kde3arch/mime.html
> http://www.iana.org/
> http://www.nacs.uci.edu/indiv/ehood/MIME/MIME.html
> http://hunnysoft.com/mime/
> http://www.faqs.org/faqs/mail/mime-faq/
> 
> 
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Thanks for the reply and the info, Chris.
I appreciate the help. I will certainly check 
out the links you sent. This is something 
that I want to gain a little better understanding 
of.

All the best to you.

--Angus

"Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness."--James 
Thurber

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