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File types (text, image, video, etc).

XDGSupport

Summary: 
creates SendTo items for .desktop files
Current testing version: 
0.1.2
Primary author(s): 
Dennis Tomas

Summary:
creates SendTo items for .desktop files

Current testing version:
0.1.2

Primary author(s):
Dennis Tomas

XAttr

Summary: 
view or edit extended file attributes
Current stable version: 
0.0.3
Primary author(s): 
Stephen Watson

Summary:
view or edit extended file attributes

Current stable version:
0.0.3

Home page:
http://www.kerofin.demon.co.uk/rox/xattr.html

Primary author(s):
Stephen Watson

Can I get archives to unpack in the current directory instead of my home?

If you bind archives to commands such as:

tar xzf "$@"

you will find that the files in the archive will be unpacked in your home directory. (Actually they get unpacked into ROX-Filer's current directory, which is normally $HOME).

To have the files unpack into the the same directory as the archive either:

  1. Use a script like:
    cd "`dirname $@`"
    tar xzf "$@"

    or
  2. Use Archive to to unpack archives.

Using Archive is prefered because it is far more flexible.

Shared MIME run actions

This is about offering the user a list of applications which can open a particular file. Ideally, applications should be able to add themselves to this list in a way that can be picked up by all desktops. Also, the user's preferred handler for opening a particular type should affect all applications.
See httphttp://www.freedesktop.org/Standards/mime-actions-spec.

File types and icons

How does the filer decide what icon to show for a file, and which program to use to open it?

For each file, the filer starts by working out its MIME-Type, as follows:

  • If the file's user.mime_type extended attribute it set, then that is its MIME type.
  • If the file's name matches a pattern in one of the globs file (usually, /usr/share/mime/globs) then the line in that file gives the type.
  • If the contents of the file match a pattern in one of the magic files (usually, /usr/share/mime/magic) then that gives the type.
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