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Index: third_party/xdg-utils/scripts/desc/xdg-mime.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl"
+ href="http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/manpages/docbook.xsl"?>
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd" [
+]>
+<refentry id="xdg-mime">
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>xdg-mime Manual</title>
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2006</year>
+ </copyright>
+ <author>
+ <firstname>Kevin</firstname>
+ <surname>Krammer</surname>
+ </author>
+ <address><email>kevin.krammer@gmx.at</email></address>
+ <author>
+ <firstname>Jeremy</firstname>
+ <surname>White</surname>
+ </author>
+ <address><email>jwhite@codeweavers.com</email></address>
+ <releaseinfo>xdg-utils 1.0</releaseinfo>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>xdg-mime</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>xdg-mime</refname>
+ <refpurpose>command line tool for querying information about file type handling
+and adding descriptions for new file types</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>xdg-mime</command>
+ <arg choice="plain">query</arg>
+ <group choice="req">
+ <arg choice="plain">filetype</arg>
+ <arg choice="plain">default</arg>
+ </group>
+ <arg choice="plain">...</arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>xdg-mime</command>
+ <arg choice="plain">default</arg>
+ <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>application</replaceable></arg>
+ <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>mimetype(s)</replaceable></arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>xdg-mime</command>
+ <arg choice="plain">install</arg>
+ <arg><option>--mode <replaceable>mode</replaceable></option></arg>
+ <arg><option>--novendor</option></arg>
+ <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>mimetypes-file</replaceable></arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>xdg-mime</command>
+ <arg choice="plain">uninstall</arg>
+ <arg><option>--mode <replaceable>mode</replaceable></option></arg>
+ <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>mimetypes-file</replaceable></arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>xdg-mime</command>
+ <group choice="req">
+ <arg choice="plain"><option>--help</option></arg>
+ <arg choice="plain"><option>--manual</option></arg>
+ <arg choice="plain"><option>--version</option></arg>
+ </group>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1 id="description">
+ <title>Description</title>
+ <para>
+ The xdg-mime program can be used to query information about file types
+ and to add descriptions for new file types.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+ <refsect1 id="commands">
+ <title>Commands</title>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>query</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <simpara>
+ Returns information related to file types.
+ </simpara>
+ <simpara>
+ The <emphasis>query</emphasis> option is for use inside a desktop session only.
+ It is not recommended to use xdg-mime query as root.
+ </simpara>
+ <simpara>
+ The following queries are supported:
+ </simpara>
+ <simpara>query filetype <replaceable>FILE</replaceable>:
+ Returns the file type of <replaceable>FILE</replaceable> in the form of a MIME type.
+ </simpara>
+ <simpara>query default <replaceable>mimetype</replaceable>:
+ Returns the default application that the desktop environment uses for opening
+ files of type <replaceable>mimetype</replaceable>. The default application is
+ identified by its *.desktop file.
+ </simpara>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>default</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <simpara>
+ Ask the desktop environment to make <replaceable>application</replaceable>
+ the default application for opening
+ files of type <replaceable>mimetype</replaceable>. An
+ application can be made the default for several file types by
+ specifying multiple mimetypes.
+ </simpara>
+ <simpara>
+ <replaceable>application</replaceable> is the desktop file
+ id of the application and has the form vendor-name.desktop
+ <replaceable>application</replaceable> must already be installed
+ in the desktop menu before it can be made the default handler.
+ The aplication's desktop file must list support for all the
+ MIME types that it wishes to be the default handler for.
+ </simpara>
+ <simpara>
+ Requests to make an application a default handler may be
+ subject to system policy or approval by the end-user. xdg-mime
+ query can be used to verify whether an application is the
+ actual default handler for a specific file type.
+ </simpara>
+ <simpara>
+ The <emphasis>default</emphasis> option is for use inside a desktop session only.
+ It is not recommended to use xdg-mime default as root.
+ </simpara>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>install</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <simpara>
+ Adds the file type descriptions provided in <replaceable>mimetypes-file</replaceable>
+ to the desktop environment. <replaceable>mimetypes-file</replaceable>
+ must be a XML file that follows the freedesktop.org
+ Shared MIME-info Database specification
+ and that has a mime-info element as its document root. For
+ each new file type one or more icons with name
+ <replaceable>major</replaceable>-<replaceable>minor</replaceable>
+ must be installed with the <command>xdg-icon-resource</command>
+ command in the <emphasis>mimetypes</emphasis> context. For example the
+ application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text filetype requires an
+ icon by the name of application-vnd.oasis.opendocument.text
+ to be installed.
+ </simpara>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>uninstall</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <simpara>
+ Removes the file type descriptions provided in <replaceable>mimetypes-file</replaceable>
+ and previously added with <command>xdg-mime install</command> from the
+ desktop environment. <replaceable>mimetypes-file</replaceable>
+ must be a XML file that follows the freedesktop.org
+ Shared MIME-info Database specification
+ and that has a mime-info element as its document root.
+ </simpara>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 id="options">
+ <title>Options</title>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--mode</option> <replaceable>mode</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <simpara><replaceable>mode</replaceable> can be
+ <emphasis>user</emphasis> or <emphasis>system</emphasis>.
+ In user mode the file is (un)installed for the current user
+ only. In system mode the file is (un)installed for all users
+ on the system. Usually only root is allowed to install in
+ system mode.
+ </simpara>
+ <simpara>
+ The default is to use system mode when called by root
+ and to use user mode when called by a non-root user.
+ </simpara>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--novendor</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <simpara>
+ Normally, xdg-mime checks to ensure that the
+ <replaceable>mimetypes-file</replaceable> to be installed
+ has a proper vendor prefix. This option can be
+ used to disable that check.
+ </simpara>
+ <simpara>
+ A vendor prefix consists of alpha characters ([a-zA-Z]) and is
+ terminated with a dash ("-").
+ Companies and organizations are encouraged to use a word
+ or phrase, preferably the organizations name, for which they hold
+ a trademark as their vendor prefix.
+ The purpose of the vendor prefix is to prevent name conflicts.
+ </simpara>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--help</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <simpara>
+ Show command synopsis.
+ </simpara>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--manual</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <simpara>
+ Show this manualpage.
+ </simpara>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--version</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <simpara>
+ Show the xdg-utils version information.
+ </simpara>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+ <refsect1 id="env_vars">
+ <title>Environment Variables</title>
+ <para>
+ xdg-mime honours the following environment variables:
+ </para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>XDG_UTILS_DEBUG_LEVEL</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <simpara>
+ Setting this environment variable to a non-zero numerical value
+ makes xdg-mime do more verbose reporting on stderr.
+ Setting a higher value increases the verbosity.
+ </simpara>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>XDG_UTILS_INSTALL_MODE</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <simpara>
+ This environment variable can be used by the user or
+ administrator to override the installation mode.
+ Valid values are <emphasis>user</emphasis> and
+ <emphasis>system</emphasis>.
+ </simpara>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 id="exitcodes">
+ <title>Exit Codes</title>
+ <para>
+ An exit code of 0 indicates success while a non-zero exit code
+ indicates failure. The following failure codes can be returned:
+ </para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>1</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <simpara>
+ Error in command line syntax.
+ </simpara>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>2</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <simpara>
+ One of the files passed on the command line did not exist.
+ </simpara>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>3</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <simpara>
+ A required tool could not be found.
+ </simpara>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>4</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <simpara>
+ The action failed.
+ </simpara>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>5</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <simpara>
+ No permission to read one of the files passed on the command
+ line.
+ </simpara>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+ <refsect1 id="seealso">
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>xdg-icon-resource</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>xdg-desktop-menu</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+ <refsect1 id="examples">
+ <title>Examples</title>
+ <para>
+<programlisting>
+xdg-mime query filetype /tmp/foobar.png
+</programlisting>Prints the MIME type of the file /tmp/foobar.png, in this
+case image/png
+ </para>
+ <para>
+<programlisting>
+xdg-mime query default image/png
+</programlisting>Prints the .desktop filename of the application which is
+ registered to open PNG files.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+<programlisting>
+xdg-mime install shinythings-shiny.xml
+</programlisting>Adds a file type description for "shiny"-files.
+ "shinythings-" is used as the vendor prefix.
+ The file type description could look as folows.
+<programlisting>
+shinythings-shiny.xml:
+
+&lt;?xml version="1.0"?&gt;
+&lt;mime-info xmlns='http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/shared-mime-info'&gt;
+ &lt;mime-type type="text/x-shiny"&gt;
+ &lt;comment&gt;Shiny new file type&lt;/comment&gt;
+ &lt;glob pattern="*.shiny"/&gt;
+ &lt;glob pattern="*.shi"/&gt;
+ &lt;/mime-type&gt;
+&lt;/mime-info&gt;
+</programlisting>An icon for this new file type must also be installed, for
+example with:
+<programlisting>
+xdg-icon-resource install --context mimetypes --size 64 shiny-file-icon.png text-x-shiny
+</programlisting>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>
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