gnome-vfs.applications.4(4)					   File Formats 				       gnome-vfs.applications.4(4)

NAME

       gnome-vfs.applications - GNOME VFS application registry

DESCRIPTION

       GnomeVFS  is  obsolete.	Refer to the GNOME Desktop System Administration Guide for information about how to register MIME type information
       with the GNOME desktop.	The GNOME Desktop System Administration Guide can be viewed with yelp(1).

       The GNOME MIME magic and MIME info files (see gnome-vfs-mime-magic(4)) enable GNOME VFS to associate a data file with its icon and descrip-
       tion. The GNOME VFS application registry provides a way to launch the applications associated with such files.

       The  registration  of  applications  to	various  MIME types is specified in text files placed in the /usr/share/gnome/application-registry
       directory. GNOME provides a default registry file called gnome-vfs.applications. Vendor-specific registry files can also be placed in  this
       directory. This information is used extensively by nautilus(1), the GNOME file manager.

EXTENDED DESCRIPTION

       The format of the application registry file is simple. Each application entry is made up of a name followed by a number of key-value pairs.
       The application name must have been specified in one of the .keys files.  The minimum required key fields are as follows:

       command		       The command to execute.

       name		       The descriptive name of the command, which will appear in the Open With	menu in Nautilus.

       can_open_multiple_files The value of this field can be true or false.

       expects_uris	       The value of this field can be true or false. This field tells Nautilus whether the application can  accept  http:,
			       ftp: and so on specifications to open at the command line.  If this is true, you must add the supported_uri_schemes
			       field.

       requires_terminal       The value of this field can be true or false.

       mime_types	       The list of comma-separated mime-types defined by MIME magic or MIME info files.

       Optional field:

       supported_uri_schemes   Specifies the list of protocols supported by the application; for example, http, ftp, file, telnet, gopher.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Registering CDE Imagetool with GNOME Application Registry

	    sdtimage
		 command=sdtimage
		 name=sdtimage
		 can_open_multiple_files=false
		 expects_uris=false
		 requires_terminal=false
		 mime_types=image/tiff,image/gif,application/postscript,image/jpeg,x-xpixmap

       Example 2: Registering Netscape with GNOME Application Registry

	    netscape
	    command=netscape
		 name=Netscape
		 can_open_multiple_files=true
		 expects_uris=true
		 requires_terminal=false
		 supported_uri_schemes=file,http,ftp,telnet,gopher
		 mime_types=text/html,x-directory/webdav,x-directory/webdav-prefer-directory,image/gif,image/jpeg

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables that affect the execution of gnome-vfs.applications: NLSPATH.

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/share/gnome/application-registry/gnome-vfs.applications

       /usr/share/gnome/application-registry/solaris-gnome2.0.applications

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-vfs		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |Obsolete Volatile 	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       nautilus(1), gnome-vfs-mime-magic(4), libgnomevfs-2(3), gnome-interfaces(5)

       Latest version of the GNOME Desktop System Administration Guide for your platform.

NOTES

       Written by Ghee Teo, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003.

SunOS 5.11							    14 May 2008 				       gnome-vfs.applications.4(4)