Re: MIME handling for common MS Windows attachments?

[Matt Armstrong <mattdav+matt@best.com>]

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Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> writes:
> 
> > I still think relieving users by defaulting ms-word to MS Word
> > viewers, etc., might be useful, even if strictly against FSF's
> > philosophy.
> 
> I think so, to.  Defaulting *.doc to ms-word is bad, but I see no harm 
> in defaulting application/ms-word to MS Word (or something else that
> can understand these files).

I think defaulting .doc to ms-word is good when running under Win32.

Anyway, Debian Linux has an /etc/mime.types file that does what
mailcap.el's mailcap-mime-extensions does.  I'm not sure how Debian
specific it is, but are people open to having Gnus look for it (or
maybe a ~/.mime.types file)?


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###############################################################################
#
#  MIME types and the extensions that represent them
#
#  This file is part of the "mime-support" package.  Please send email (not a
#  bug report) to the maintainer if you would like new types and/or extensions
#  to be added.
#
###############################################################################


application/activemessage
application/andrew-inset
application/applefile
application/atomicmail
application/cu-seeme				csm cu
application/dca-rft
application/dec-dx
application/dsptype				tsp
application/excel				xls
application/futuresplash			spl
application/ghostview
application/mac-binhex40			hqx
application/macwriteii
application/msword				doc dot
application/news-message-id
application/news-transmission
application/octet-stream			bin
application/oda					oda
application/pdf					pdf
application/pgp-signature			pgp
application/postscript				ps ai eps
application/powerpoint				ppt
application/remote-printing
application/rtf					rtf
application/slate
application/wita
application/wordperfect5.1			wp5
application/zip					zip
application/x-123				wk
application/x-Wingz				wz
application/x-bcpio				bcpio
application/x-core
application/x-cpio				cpio
application/x-csh
application/x-debian-package			deb
application/x-director				dcr dir dxr
application/x-dvi				dvi
application/x-executable
application/x-font				pfa pfb gsf pcf pcf.Z
application/x-gtar				gtar tgz
application/x-hdf				hdf
application/x-httpd-php				phtml pht php
application/x-httpd-php3			php3
application/x-httpd-php3-source			phps
application/x-httpd-php3-preprocessed 		php3p
application/x-java				class
application/x-kdelnk
application/x-latex				latex
application/x-maker				frm maker frame fm fb book fbdoc
application/x-mif				mif
application/x-msdos-program			com exe bat
application/x-netcdf				nc cdf
application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig		pac
application/x-object				o
application/x-perl				pl pm
application/x-rx
application/x-sh
application/x-shar				shar
application/x-shellscript
application/x-shockwave-flash			swf swfl
application/x-stuffit				sit
application/x-sv4cpio				sv4cpio
application/x-sv4crc				sv4crc
application/x-tar				tar
application/x-tcl
application/x-tex
application/x-tex-gf				gf
application/x-tex-pk				pk PK
application/x-texinfo				texinfo texi
application/x-trash				~ % bak old sik
application/x-troff				t tr roff
application/x-troff-man				man
application/x-troff-me				me
application/x-troff-ms				ms
application/x-ustar				ustar
application/x-wais-source			src

audio/basic					au snd
audio/midi					mid midi
audio/mpeg					mpga mpega mp2 mp3
audio/mpegurl					m3u
audio/x-aiff					aif aiff aifc
audio/x-pn-realaudio				ra rm ram
audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin			rpm
audio/x-wav					wav

image/gif					gif
image/ief					ief
image/jpeg					jpeg jpg jpe
image/png					png
image/tiff					tiff tif
image/x-cmu-raster				ras
image/x-ms-bmp					bmp
image/x-portable-anymap				pnm
image/x-portable-bitmap				pbm
image/x-portable-graymap			pgm
image/x-portable-pixmap				ppm
image/x-rgb					rgb
image/x-xbitmap					xbm
image/x-xpixmap					xpm
image/x-xwindowdump				xwd

inode/chardevice
inode/blockdevice
inode/directory-locked
inode/directory
inode/fifo
inode/socket

message/external-body
message/news
message/partial
message/rfc822

multipart/alternative
multipart/appledouble
multipart/digest
multipart/mixed
multipart/parallel

text/comma-separated-values			csv
text/english
text/html					html htm
text/plain					txt
text/richtext					rtx
text/tab-separated-values			tsv
text/x-c++hdr					h++ hpp hxx hh
text/x-c++src					c++ cpp cxx cc
text/x-chdr					h
text/x-crontab
text/x-csh					csh
text/x-csrc					c
text/x-java					java
text/x-makefile
text/x-moc					moc
text/x-pascal					p pas
text/x-setext					etx
text/x-sh					sh
text/x-tcl					tcl tk
text/x-tex					tex ltx sty cls
text/x-vCalendar				vcs
text/x-vCard					vcf

video/dl					dl
video/fli					fli
video/gl					gl
video/mpeg					mpeg mpg mpe
video/quicktime					qt mov
video/x-ms-asf					asf asx
video/x-msvideo					avi
video/x-sgi-movie				movie

x-world/x-vrml					vrm vrml wrl

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> A more sticky issue is whether to default image/* to the un-free,
> but commonly installed xv, or to some free image viewing program.
> 
> What image viewing programs exist out there?
> 
> (Well, it isn't really a sticky issue, because we could default to
> free programs, and then use non-free programs as the backup default
> values if the free programs don't exist on the system.)

I assume that files like /etc/mailcap override Gnus' defaults?


-- 
Matt