[PD] Fwd: Pd files on Linux: MIME type and (document) icons

[Kaj Ailomaa]

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From: Kaj Ailomaa <xequential at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 4:22 AM
Subject: Re: [PD] Pd files on Linux: MIME type and (document) icons
To: Miller Puckette <msp at ucsd.edu>


>From what I can tell, most MIME's are part of a single package in Linux
distros.
In the case of debian based, the package is called shared-mime-info, which
includes the file /usr/share/mime/packages/freedesktop.org.xml containing
mime types.

On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 4:16 AM Kaj Ailomaa <xequential at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi.
>
> This page discusses how to add new MIME types for freedesktop:
> https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/AddingMIMETutor/
>
> But, I would probably submit a patch for the main package as explained at
> the bottom of the page.
>
> /Kaj
>
> On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 1:23 AM Miller Puckette via Pd-list <
> pd-list at lists.iem.at> wrote:
>
>> Hi all -
>>
>> This appears to be a PR to https://github.com/pure-data/pd-icon - but
>> htere
>> seems to be confusion as to whether this should be part of pure data
>> itself.
>> I think it wound be fine to have it in pure data - but I don't know if I
>> should
>> just grab the files and stick them in pure-data or if that would cause
>> trouble
>> somehow.
>>
>> cheers
>> M
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 11, 2021 at 12:45:53AM +0200, Max wrote:
>> > Hi list,
>> >
>> > Linux doesn't let you define that a file extension .pd shall be opened
>> with
>> > pd-gui. Since .pd files are of the texfile MIME type, if you set them
>> to be
>> > opened by pd-gui, also every double click on a text document will launch
>> > pd-gui.
>> > Instead, when you want .pd files to be opened with the pd-gui
>> executable,
>> > you first need to register a new MIME type. This is done by installing
>> an
>> > XML file of the freedesktop standard "shared-mime-info".
>> >
>> > Albert Graef has made one for pd-l2ork/Purr Data, which you can find
>> here:
>> >
>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_pd-2Dl2ork_pd_blob_master_debuild_debian_sharedmimeinfo&d=DwICAg&c=-35OiAkTchMrZOngvJPOeA&r=XprZV3Fxus2L1LCw80hE4Q&m=il_dmfT94qf-ZLOj3ueauiJlID7Crc-Ip5cb2VGHkjU&s=8mViUHVAigSdzJroibHaOVTWPxmO-U-K12ixJsOmX3c&e=
>> >
>> > I've adapted that to Pure Data:
>> >
>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_chairaudio_pd-2Dicon_blob_mime-2Dinstall_x-2Dpuredata.xml&d=DwICAg&c=-35OiAkTchMrZOngvJPOeA&r=XprZV3Fxus2L1LCw80hE4Q&m=il_dmfT94qf-ZLOj3ueauiJlID7Crc-Ip5cb2VGHkjU&s=qwj4LYl0gRG56bQQ-A9ABD96jYwu793PL0aKp37yFRc&e=
>> >
>> > Dan Wilcox made this repository with icons for Pure Data:
>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_pure-2Ddata_pd-2Dicon&d=DwICAg&c=-35OiAkTchMrZOngvJPOeA&r=XprZV3Fxus2L1LCw80hE4Q&m=il_dmfT94qf-ZLOj3ueauiJlID7Crc-Ip5cb2VGHkjU&s=EyTomXF2_ov_OCUyfIe5mWxe4pOGJoj1HTtFU3Osh_U&e=
>> > I have forked that and added a method to install the mime type
>> >
>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_chairaudio_pd-2Dicon_tree_mime-2Dinstall&d=DwICAg&c=-35OiAkTchMrZOngvJPOeA&r=XprZV3Fxus2L1LCw80hE4Q&m=il_dmfT94qf-ZLOj3ueauiJlID7Crc-Ip5cb2VGHkjU&s=XU2icyaR8lOHdgdDdGBObn9gtZecKSlwH2nt3kUOS-A&e=
>> >
>> > The command "make mime-register" will add the MIME type.
>> > It's adapted from what I found here:
>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__stackoverflow.com_questions_30931_register-2Dfile-2Dextensions-2Dmime-2Dtypes-2Din-2Dlinux_31836-2331836&d=DwICAg&c=-35OiAkTchMrZOngvJPOeA&r=XprZV3Fxus2L1LCw80hE4Q&m=il_dmfT94qf-ZLOj3ueauiJlID7Crc-Ip5cb2VGHkjU&s=_onY9G82S2_tHrtizR2X4p8d5L11tJsFMOSX1-ocoCQ&e=
>> >
>> > There are some comments on my pull request by IOhannes:
>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_pure-2Ddata_pd-2Dicon_pull_6&d=DwICAg&c=-35OiAkTchMrZOngvJPOeA&r=XprZV3Fxus2L1LCw80hE4Q&m=il_dmfT94qf-ZLOj3ueauiJlID7Crc-Ip5cb2VGHkjU&s=uIyzesu51DVgsEuJnSlSLo2kfnROBq5FAxB6bRy142E&e=
>> >
>> > Anyway, maybe someone more knowledgable can take over here, the goal is
>> to
>> > include this to the Pd installation so that Pd documents on Linux have
>> the
>> > Pd file icon and are opened by pd-gui by default.
>> >
>> > m.
>> >
>> >
>> >
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