I've released revision #901. In this revision the requirements of freedesktop.org are implemented:
- An entry "Games"->"Board Games"->"Scidb" in the desktop menu will be created. - All supported file types of Scidb now are associated to this application, this means you can open a database via file managers (like Nautilus or Dolphin). Furthermore Scidb is providing icons for all file types: .sci, .scv, .si4, .si3, .cbh, .cbf, .pgn, .pgn.gz. Currently one exception is .zip, I'm not sure if this file type should be associated, although Scidb is supporting this file type. In Scidb's file selection box a zip file will be listed only if it contains at least one PGN file. A normal file manager does not offer this feature. A technical note: for this feature I've introduced some new mime types: .sci <-> x-chess-scidb .scv <-> x-chess-archive .si4 <-> x-chess-scid4 .si3 <-> x-chess-scid3 .cbh <-> x-chess-chessbase .cbf <-> x-chess-chessbasedos .pgn.gz <-> x-chess-gzpgn The mime type x-chess-pgn (associated with .pgn) is already part of the standard. - "Main Menu"->"Extras"->"Assign File Types" will open a dialog which allows to set Scidb as the default application for any supported file type. In file managers the default application will be listed at first position, or as an extra menu entry. This dialog needs testing, I don't know if this works on any system. Note that this feature is working only if your desktop is conform to the freedesktop.org specification. Currently this is: KDE, GNOME, and Xfce (probably some more?). Cheers, Gregor
