Bug 197887
| Summary: | Need alias for MIME type application/x-msexcel | ||||||
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| Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | Bill Alexander <billtrash> | ||||
| Component: | shared-mime-info | Assignee: | Bastien Nocera <bnocera> | ||||
| Status: | CLOSED RAWHIDE | QA Contact: | |||||
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |||||
| Priority: | medium | ||||||
| Version: | 5 | CC: | bnocera | ||||
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| Hardware: | All | ||||||
| OS: | Linux | ||||||
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| Fixed In Version: | 0.20-1.fc7 | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | ||||
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| Last Closed: | 2007-02-06 12:55:42 UTC | Type: | --- | ||||
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Created attachment 132026 [details]
Patch to correct the problem
Good idea, committed upstream:
2007-02-01 Bastien Nocera <hadess>
* freedesktop.org.xml.in: Patch from Bill Alexander
<billtrash> to add application/x-msexcel as an
alias for Excel files (RH #197887)
Fixed in shared-mime-info-0.20-1.fc7 |
Description of problem: Alias for Microsoft Excel MIME type should be added: <alias type="application/x-msexcel"/> Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): shared-mime-info-0.17-1.fc5.2 How reproducible: Always. ; receipt of emails containing Excel spreadsheets from Microsoft-bound colleagues use this MIME type. Since there's no entry for it, Gnome can't figure out what to do with it Steps to Reproduce: 1. Colleage sends email containing an Excel spreadsheet with this MIME type. 2. Evolution fails to recognize what it is (No registered entry). 3. User is annoyed. Actual results: Gnome applications fail to recognize the file type. Expected results: Gnome applications should recognize this file type and permit launching of any appropriately registered applications (i.e. oocalc, or whatever). Additional info: Fix is to add an alias: # diff -Naur freedesktop.org.xml.orig freedesktop.org.xml --- freedesktop.org.xml.orig 2006-07-06 14:20:16.000000000 -0700 +++ freedesktop.org.xml 2006-07-06 14:19:48.000000000 -0700 @@ -733,6 +733,7 @@ <glob pattern="*.xlt"/> <glob pattern="*.xld"/> <alias type="application/msexcel"/> + <alias type="application/x-msexcel"/> </mime-type> <mime-type type="application/vnd.ms-powerpoint"> <comment>PowerPoint presentation</comment> This patch works perfectly.