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

[Peter P.]

Hi list,

possibly related to this topic, how could we arrive to have web browsers
across all OSes download Pd files instead of displaying them as text
files? I have many students each year who stumble across this, even more
so as their browsers sometimes add an .txt extension to the .pd file
they are then trying to save.

best, P

* Kaj Ailomaa <xequential at gmail.com> [2021-07-16 04:25]:
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> 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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