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GnomeVFS is obsolete.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)