[Fedora-packaging] Re: Calling graphical tools generically e.g. text editor

[Axel Thimm]

On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 11:16:05AM -0500, Rex Dieter wrote:
> Axel Thimm wrote:
>
>> Maybe xdg-open needs two modes, read-only and editing?

Add a third one as "ask user which one of the N editors/viewers to
use, if there are more than one registered" (e.g. not only the
preferred one, see also below).

> I'd argue this is a problem better solved one level higher, via  
> mimetypes (somehow).

You mean that apps register as png/viewer-only and png/editor for
example? Actually mimetypes are for describing the data only, so the
extra information for the applications ability to view/edit would have
to be encoded differently.

But still if a file browser just sees some file (say a png file) and
one double clicks on it, if it just starts xdg-open it will not be
able to pass on what the user wants to do, view or edit.

Windows (TM) seems to have a default of "open as in viewing" and a
non-default (with Shift?) as "open as in editing". I think there is
even an "ask the user which ones of the 100 png viewer to use". Anyone
know how OS X solves this?
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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