gnome-vfs-mime-database-deprecated

gnome-vfs-mime-database-deprecated

Synopsis




enum        GnomeVFSMimeActionType;
enum        GnomeVFSMimeApplicationArgumentType;
            GnomeVFSMimeAction;
GnomeVFSMimeActionType gnome_vfs_mime_get_default_action_type
                                            (const char *mime_type);
GnomeVFSMimeAction* gnome_vfs_mime_get_default_action
                                            (const char *mime_type);
GList*      gnome_vfs_mime_get_short_list_applications
                                            (const char *mime_type);
GList*      gnome_vfs_mime_get_short_list_components
                                            (const char *mime_type);
GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_set_default_action_type
                                            (const char *mime_type,
                                             GnomeVFSMimeActionType action_type);
GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_set_icon      (const char *mime_type,
                                             const char *filename);
GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_set_description
                                            (const char *mime_type,
                                             const char *description);
GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_set_can_be_executable
                                            (const char *mime_type,
                                             gboolean new_value);
GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_set_short_list_applications
                                            (const char *mime_type,
                                             GList *application_ids);
GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_set_short_list_components
                                            (const char *mime_type,
                                             GList *component_iids);
GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_add_application_to_short_list
                                            (const char *mime_type,
                                             const char *application_id);
GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_remove_application_from_short_list
                                            (const char *mime_type,
                                             const char *application_id);
GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_add_component_to_short_list
                                            (const char *mime_type,
                                             const char *iid);
GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_remove_component_from_short_list
                                            (const char *mime_type,
                                             const char *iid);
GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_set_default_application
                                            (const char *mime_type,
                                             const char *application_id);
GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_set_default_component
                                            (const char *mime_type,
                                             const char *component_iid);
GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_add_extension (const char *mime_type,
                                             const char *extension);
GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_remove_extension
                                            (const char *mime_type,
                                             const char *extension);
GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_extend_all_applications
                                            (const char *mime_type,
                                             GList *application_ids);
GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_remove_from_all_applications
                                            (const char *mime_type,
                                             GList *application_ids);
GnomeVFSMimeApplication* gnome_vfs_mime_application_new_from_id
                                            (const char *id);
GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_action_launch (GnomeVFSMimeAction *action,
                                             GList *uris);
GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_action_launch_with_env
                                            (GnomeVFSMimeAction *action,
                                             GList *uris,
                                             char **envp);
void        gnome_vfs_mime_action_free      (GnomeVFSMimeAction *action);
gboolean    gnome_vfs_mime_id_in_application_list
                                            (const char *id,
                                             GList *applications);
gboolean    gnome_vfs_mime_id_in_component_list
                                            (const char *iid,
                                             GList *components);
GList*      gnome_vfs_mime_remove_application_from_list
                                            (GList *applications,
                                             const char *application_id,
                                             gboolean *did_remove);
GList*      gnome_vfs_mime_remove_component_from_list
                                            (GList *components,
                                             const char *iid,
                                             gboolean *did_remove);
GList*      gnome_vfs_mime_id_list_from_component_list
                                            (GList *components);
GList*      gnome_vfs_mime_id_list_from_application_list
                                            (GList *applications);
void        gnome_vfs_mime_freeze           (void);
void        gnome_vfs_mime_thaw             (void);
void        gnome_vfs_mime_info_reload      (void);
gboolean    gnome_vfs_mime_type_is_known    (const char *mime_type);
const char* gnome_vfs_mime_get_value        (const char *mime_type,
                                             const char *key);
GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_set_value     (const char *mime_type,
                                             const char *key,
                                             const char *value);
GList*      gnome_vfs_mime_get_key_list     (const char *mime_type);
void        gnome_vfs_mime_keys_list_free   (GList *mime_type_list);
GList*      gnome_vfs_mime_get_extensions_list
                                            (const char *mime_type);
void        gnome_vfs_mime_extensions_list_free
                                            (GList *list);
char*       gnome_vfs_mime_get_extensions_string
                                            (const char *mime_type);
char*       gnome_vfs_mime_get_extensions_pretty_string
                                            (const char *mime_type);
GList*      gnome_vfs_get_registered_mime_types
                                            (void);
void        gnome_vfs_mime_registered_mime_type_list_free
                                            (GList *list);
GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_set_registered_type_key
                                            (const char *mime_type,
                                             const char *key,
                                             const char *data);
GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_set_extensions_list
                                            (const char *mime_type,
                                             const char *extensions_list);
void        gnome_vfs_mime_registered_mime_type_delete
                                            (const char *mime_type);
void        gnome_vfs_mime_reset            (void);

Description

Details

enum GnomeVFSMimeActionType

typedef enum {
	GNOME_VFS_MIME_ACTION_TYPE_NONE,
	GNOME_VFS_MIME_ACTION_TYPE_APPLICATION,
	GNOME_VFS_MIME_ACTION_TYPE_COMPONENT
} GnomeVFSMimeActionType;

Warning

GnomeVFSMimeActionType is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

This is used to specify the type of a GnomeVFSMimeAction.

GNOME_VFS_MIME_ACTION_TYPE_NONE neither an application nor a component.
GNOME_VFS_MIME_ACTION_TYPE_APPLICATION an application.
GNOME_VFS_MIME_ACTION_TYPE_COMPONENT a component.

enum GnomeVFSMimeApplicationArgumentType

typedef enum {
	GNOME_VFS_MIME_APPLICATION_ARGUMENT_TYPE_URIS,
	GNOME_VFS_MIME_APPLICATION_ARGUMENT_TYPE_PATHS,
	GNOME_VFS_MIME_APPLICATION_ARGUMENT_TYPE_URIS_FOR_NON_FILES
} GnomeVFSMimeApplicationArgumentType;


GnomeVFSMimeAction

typedef struct {
	GnomeVFSMimeActionType action_type;
	union {
		void *component;
		void *dummy_component;
		GnomeVFSMimeApplication *application;
} GnomeVFSMimeAction;

Warning

GnomeVFSMimeAction is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

This data structure describes an action that can be done on a file.

GnomeVFSMimeActionType action_type; The GnomeVFSMimeActionType describing the type of this action.

gnome_vfs_mime_get_default_action_type ()

GnomeVFSMimeActionType gnome_vfs_mime_get_default_action_type
                                            (const char *mime_type);

Warning

gnome_vfs_mime_get_default_action_type is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code. This function does not work with the new mime system. It always returns none

Query the MIME database for the type of action to be performed on mime_type.

Return value:

mime_type : a const char * containing a mime type, e.g. "application/x-php".
Returns : The type of action to be performed on a file of MIME type mime_type by default.

gnome_vfs_mime_get_default_action ()

GnomeVFSMimeAction* gnome_vfs_mime_get_default_action
                                            (const char *mime_type);

Warning

gnome_vfs_mime_get_default_action is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code. Use gnome_vfs_mime_get_default_application() instead.

Query the MIME database for default action associated with mime_type.

Return value:

mime_type : a const char * containing a mime type, e.g. "application/x-php".
Returns : a GnomeVFSMimeAction representing the default action to perform upon file of type mime_type.

gnome_vfs_mime_get_short_list_applications ()

GList*      gnome_vfs_mime_get_short_list_applications
                                            (const char *mime_type);

Warning

gnome_vfs_mime_get_short_list_applications is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code. Use gnome_vfs_mime_get_all_applications() instead.

Return an alphabetically sorted list of GnomeVFSMimeApplication data structures for the mime_type. gnome-vfs no longer supports the concept of a "short list" of applications that the user might be interested in.

mime_type : a const char * containing a mime type, e.g. "image/png".
Returns : a GList * where the elements are GnomeVFSMimeApplication * representing various applications to display in the short list for mime_type.

gnome_vfs_mime_get_short_list_components ()

GList*      gnome_vfs_mime_get_short_list_components
                                            (const char *mime_type);

Warning

gnome_vfs_mime_get_short_list_components is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

mime_type :
Returns :

gnome_vfs_mime_set_default_action_type ()

GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_set_default_action_type
                                            (const char *mime_type,
                                             GnomeVFSMimeActionType action_type);

Warning

gnome_vfs_mime_set_default_action_type is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code. User modifications to the MIME database are no longer supported by gnome-vfs.

Sets the default action type to be performed on files of mime_type.

mime_type : a const char * containing a mime type, e.g. "image/png".
action_type : a GnomeVFSMimeActionType containing the action to perform by default.
Returns : a GnomeVFSResult indicating the success of the operation or reporting any errors encountered.

gnome_vfs_mime_set_icon ()

GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_set_icon      (const char *mime_type,
                                             const char *filename);

Warning

gnome_vfs_mime_set_icon is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code. User modifications to the MIME database are no longer supported in gnome-vfs.

Set the icon entry for mime_type in the MIME database. Note that icon entries need not necessarily contain the full path, and do not necessarily need to specify an extension. So "i-regular", "my-special-icon.png", and "some-icon" are all valid icon filenames.

mime_type : a const char * containing a MIME type.
filename : a const char * containing an image filename.
Returns : a GnomeVFSResult indicating the success of the operation or any errors that may have occurred.

gnome_vfs_mime_set_description ()

GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_set_description
                                            (const char *mime_type,
                                             const char *description);

Warning

gnome_vfs_mime_set_description is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code. User modifications to the MIME database are no longer supported by gnome-vfs.

Set the description of this MIME type in the MIME database. The description should be something like "Gnumeric spreadsheet".

mime_type : a const char * containing a mime type.
description : a description of this MIME type.
Returns : GnomeVFSResult indicating the success of the operation or any errors that may have occurred.

gnome_vfs_mime_set_can_be_executable ()

GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_set_can_be_executable
                                            (const char *mime_type,
                                             gboolean new_value);

Warning

gnome_vfs_mime_set_can_be_executable is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

Set whether files of mime_type might conceivably be executable.

mime_type : a const char * containing a mime type.
new_value : a boolean value indicating whether mime_type could be executable.
Returns : a GnomeVFSResult indicating the success of the operation or any errors that may have occurred.

gnome_vfs_mime_set_short_list_applications ()

GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_set_short_list_applications
                                            (const char *mime_type,
                                             GList *application_ids);

Warning

gnome_vfs_mime_set_short_list_applications is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code. User modifications to the MIME database are no longer supported by gnome-vfs.

Set the short list of applications for the specified MIME type. The short list contains applications recommended for possible selection by the user.

mime_type : a const char * containing a mime type, e.g. "application/x-php".
application_ids : GList of const char * application ids.
Returns : a GnomeVFSResult indicating the success of the operation or reporting any errors encountered.

gnome_vfs_mime_set_short_list_components ()

GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_set_short_list_components
                                            (const char *mime_type,
                                             GList *component_iids);

Warning

gnome_vfs_mime_set_short_list_components is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code. User modifications to the MIME database are no longer supported by gnome-vfs.

Set the short list of components for the mime_type. The short list contains companents recommended for possible selection by the user.

mime_type : a const char * containing a mime type, e.g. "application/x-php".
component_iids : GList of const char * OAFIIDs.
Returns : a GnomeVFSResult indicating the success of the operation or reporting any errors encountered.

gnome_vfs_mime_add_application_to_short_list ()

GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_add_application_to_short_list
                                            (const char *mime_type,
                                             const char *application_id);

Warning

gnome_vfs_mime_add_application_to_short_list is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code. User modifications to the MIME database are no longer supported by gnome-vfs.

Add an application to the short list for mime_type. The short list contains applications recommended for display as choices to the user for a particular MIME type.

mime_type : a const char * containing a mime type, e.g. "application/x-php".
application_id : const char * containing the application's id in the MIME database.
Returns : a GnomeVFSResult indicating the success of the operation or reporting any errors encountered.

gnome_vfs_mime_remove_application_from_short_list ()

GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_remove_application_from_short_list
                                            (const char *mime_type,
                                             const char *application_id);

Warning

gnome_vfs_mime_remove_application_from_short_list is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code. User modifications to the MIME database are no longer supported by gnome-vfs.

Remove an application specified by application_id from the short list for mime_type. A short list contains applications recommended for display as choices to the user for a particular MIME type.

mime_type : a const char * containing a mime type, e.g. "application/x-php".
application_id : const char * containing the application's id in the MIME database.
Returns : a GnomeVFSResult indicating the success of the operation or reporting any errors encountered.

gnome_vfs_mime_add_component_to_short_list ()

GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_add_component_to_short_list
                                            (const char *mime_type,
                                             const char *iid);

Warning

gnome_vfs_mime_add_component_to_short_list is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code. User modifications to the MIME database are no longer supported by gnome-vfs.

Add a component to the short list for mime_type. A short list contains components recommended for display as choices to the user for a particular MIME type.

mime_type : a const char * containing a mime type, e.g. "application/x-php".
iid : const char * containing the component's OAFIID.
Returns : a GnomeVFSResult indicating the success of the operation or reporting any errors encountered.

gnome_vfs_mime_remove_component_from_short_list ()

GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_remove_component_from_short_list
                                            (const char *mime_type,
                                             const char *iid);

Warning

gnome_vfs_mime_remove_component_from_short_list is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code. User modifications to the MIME database are no longer supported by gnome-vfs.

Remove a component from the short list for mime_type. The short list contains components recommended for display as choices to the user for a particular MIME type.

mime_type : a const char * containing a mime type, e.g. "application/x-php".
iid : const char * containing the component's OAFIID.
Returns : a GnomeVFSResult indicating the success of the operation or reporting any errors encountered.

gnome_vfs_mime_set_default_application ()

GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_set_default_application
                                            (const char *mime_type,
                                             const char *application_id);

Warning

gnome_vfs_mime_set_default_application is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code. User modifications to the MIME database are no longer supported by gnome-vfs.

Sets the default application to be run on files of mime_type.

mime_type : a const char * containing a mime type, e.g. "application/x-php".
application_id : a key representing an application in the MIME database (GnomeVFSMimeApplication->id, for example).
Returns : a GnomeVFSResult indicating the success of the operation or reporting any errors encountered.

gnome_vfs_mime_set_default_component ()

GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_set_default_component
                                            (const char *mime_type,
                                             const char *component_iid);

Warning

gnome_vfs_mime_set_default_component is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code. User modifications to the MIME database are no longer supported by gnome-vfs.

Sets the default component to be activated for files of mime_type.

mime_type : a const char * containing a mime type, e.g. "application/x-php".
component_iid : OAFIID of a component.
Returns : a GnomeVFSResult indicating the success of the operation or reporting any errors encountered.

gnome_vfs_mime_add_extension ()

GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_add_extension (const char *mime_type,
                                             const char *extension);

Warning

gnome_vfs_mime_add_extension is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code. User modifications to the MIME database are no longer supported by gnome-vfs.

Add a file extension to the specificed MIME type in the MIME database.

mime_type : mime type to add the mapping to.
extension : extension to add (e.g. "txt").
Returns : a GnomeVFSResult indicating the success of the operation or any errors that may have occurred.

gnome_vfs_mime_remove_extension ()

GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_remove_extension
                                            (const char *mime_type,
                                             const char *extension);

Warning

gnome_vfs_mime_remove_extension is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code. User modifications to the MIME database are no longer supported by gnome-vfs.

Removes a file extension from the mime_type in the MIME database.

mime_type : mime type to remove the extension from.
extension : extension to remove.
Returns : a GnomeVFSResult indicating the success of the operation or any errors that may have occurred.

gnome_vfs_mime_extend_all_applications ()

GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_extend_all_applications
                                            (const char *mime_type,
                                             GList *application_ids);

Warning

gnome_vfs_mime_extend_all_applications is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code. User modifications to the MIME database are no longer supported by gnome-vfs.

Register mime_type as being handled by all applications list in application_ids.

mime_type : a const char * containing a mime type, e.g. "application/x-php".
application_ids : a GList of const char * containing application ids.
Returns : a GnomeVFSResult indicating the success of the operation or reporting any errors encountered.

gnome_vfs_mime_remove_from_all_applications ()

GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_remove_from_all_applications
                                            (const char *mime_type,
                                             GList *application_ids);

Warning

gnome_vfs_mime_remove_from_all_applications is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code. User modifications to the MIME database are no longer supported by gnome-vfs.

Remove mime_type as a handled type from every application in application_ids

mime_type : a const char * containing a mime type, e.g. "application/x-php".
application_ids : a GList of const char * containing application ids.
Returns : a GnomeVFSResult indicating the success of the operation or reporting any errors encountered.

gnome_vfs_mime_application_new_from_id ()

GnomeVFSMimeApplication* gnome_vfs_mime_application_new_from_id
                                            (const char *id);

Warning

gnome_vfs_mime_application_new_from_id is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code. Use gnome_vfs_mime_application_new_from_desktop_id() instead.

Fetches the GnomeVFSMimeApplication associated with the specified application id from the MIME database.

id : a const char * containing an application id.
Returns : a GnomeVFSMimeApplication * corresponding to id.

gnome_vfs_mime_action_launch ()

GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_action_launch (GnomeVFSMimeAction *action,
                                             GList *uris);

Warning

gnome_vfs_mime_action_launch is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code. MIME actions are deprecated, use gnome_vfs_mime_application_launch() instead.

Launches the given mime action with the given parameters. If the action is an application the command line parameters will be expanded as required by the application. The application will also be launched in a terminal if that is required. If the application only supports one argument per instance then multiple instances of the application will be launched.

If the default action is a component it will be launched with the component viewer application defined using the gconf value: /desktop/gnome/application/component_viewer/exec. The parameters s and c in the command line will be replaced with the list of parameters and the default component IID respectively.

action : the GnomeVFSMimeAction to launch.
uris : parameters for the GnomeVFSMimeAction.
Returns : GNOME_VFS_OK if the action was launched, GNOME_VFS_ERROR_BAD_PARAMETERS for an invalid action. GNOME_VFS_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED if the uri protocol is not supported by the action. GNOME_VFS_ERROR_PARSE if the action command can not be parsed. GNOME_VFS_ERROR_LAUNCH if the action command can not be launched. GNOME_VFS_ERROR_INTERNAL for other internal and GConf errors.

Since 2.4


gnome_vfs_mime_action_launch_with_env ()

GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_action_launch_with_env
                                            (GnomeVFSMimeAction *action,
                                             GList *uris,
                                             char **envp);

Warning

gnome_vfs_mime_action_launch_with_env is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code. MIME actions are deprecated, use gnome_vfs_mime_application_launch_with_env() instead.

Same as gnome_vfs_mime_action_launch() except that the application or component viewer will be launched with the given environment.

action : the GnomeVFSMimeAction to launch.
uris : parameters for the GnomeVFSMimeAction.
envp : the environment to use for the action.
Returns : same as gnome_vfs_mime_action_launch().

Since 2.4


gnome_vfs_mime_action_free ()

void        gnome_vfs_mime_action_free      (GnomeVFSMimeAction *action);

Warning

gnome_vfs_mime_action_free is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code. GnomeVFSMimeAction structures should not be used in new code.

Frees a GnomeVFSMimeAction *.

action : a GnomeVFSMimeAction to be freed.

gnome_vfs_mime_id_in_application_list ()

gboolean    gnome_vfs_mime_id_in_application_list
                                            (const char *id,
                                             GList *applications);

Warning

gnome_vfs_mime_id_in_application_list is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

Check whether an application id is in a list of GnomeVFSMimeApplications.

id : an application id.
applications : a GList * whose nodes are GnomeVFSMimeApplications, such as the result of gnome_vfs_mime_get_short_list_applications().
Returns : TRUE if an application whose id matches id is in applications.

gnome_vfs_mime_id_in_component_list ()

gboolean    gnome_vfs_mime_id_in_component_list
                                            (const char *iid,
                                             GList *components);

Warning

gnome_vfs_mime_id_in_component_list is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

iid :
components :
Returns :

gnome_vfs_mime_remove_application_from_list ()

GList*      gnome_vfs_mime_remove_application_from_list
                                            (GList *applications,
                                             const char *application_id,
                                             gboolean *did_remove);

Warning

gnome_vfs_mime_remove_application_from_list is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code. User modifications to the MIME database are no longer supported by gnome-vfs.

Remove an application specified by id from a list of GnomeVFSMimeApplications.

applications : a GList * whose nodes are GnomeVFSMimeApplications, such as the result of gnome_vfs_mime_get_short_list_applications().
application_id : id of an application to remove from applications.
did_remove : If non-NULL, this is filled in with TRUE if the application was found in the list, FALSE otherwise.
Returns : The modified list. If the application is not found, the list will be unchanged.

gnome_vfs_mime_remove_component_from_list ()

GList*      gnome_vfs_mime_remove_component_from_list
                                            (GList *components,
                                             const char *iid,
                                             gboolean *did_remove);

Warning

gnome_vfs_mime_remove_component_from_list is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

components :
iid :
did_remove :
Returns :

gnome_vfs_mime_id_list_from_component_list ()

GList*      gnome_vfs_mime_id_list_from_component_list
                                            (GList *components);

Warning

gnome_vfs_mime_id_list_from_component_list is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

components :
Returns :

gnome_vfs_mime_id_list_from_application_list ()

GList*      gnome_vfs_mime_id_list_from_application_list
                                            (GList *applications);

Warning

gnome_vfs_mime_id_list_from_application_list is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

Create a list of application ids from a list of GnomeVFSMimeApplications.

applications : a GList * whose nodes are GnomeVFSMimeApplications, such as the result of gnome_vfs_mime_get_short_list_applications().
Returns : a new list where each GnomeVFSMimeApplication in the original list is replaced by a char * with the application's id. The original list is not modified.

gnome_vfs_mime_freeze ()

void        gnome_vfs_mime_freeze           (void);

Freezes the mime data so that you can do multiple updates to the data in one batch without needing to back the files to disk or reading them.


gnome_vfs_mime_thaw ()

void        gnome_vfs_mime_thaw             (void);

UnFreezes the mime data so that you can do multiple updates to the data in one batch without needing to back the files to disk or reading them.


gnome_vfs_mime_info_reload ()

void        gnome_vfs_mime_info_reload      (void);

Reload the MIME database from disk and notify any listeners holding active GnomeVFSMIMEMonitor objects.


gnome_vfs_mime_type_is_known ()

gboolean    gnome_vfs_mime_type_is_known    (const char *mime_type);

This function returns TRUE if mime_type is in the MIME database at all.

mime_type : a mime type.
Returns : TRUE if anything is known about mime_type, otherwise FALSE.

gnome_vfs_mime_get_value ()

const char* gnome_vfs_mime_get_value        (const char *mime_type,
                                             const char *key);

This function retrieves the value associated with key in the given GnomeMimeContext. The string is private, you should not free the result.

mime_type : a mime type.
key : a key to lookup for the given mime_type.
Returns : GNOME_VFS_OK if the operation succeeded, otherwise an error code.

gnome_vfs_mime_set_value ()

GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_set_value     (const char *mime_type,
                                             const char *key,
                                             const char *value);

Warning

gnome_vfs_mime_set_value is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

This function will set the value for the key and it will save it to the user' file if necessary. You should not free the key/value passed to this function. They are used internally.

mime_type : a mime type.
key : a key to store the value in.
value : the value to store in the key.
Returns : GNOME_VFS_OK if the operation succeeded, otherwise an error code.

gnome_vfs_mime_get_key_list ()

GList*      gnome_vfs_mime_get_key_list     (const char *mime_type);

Warning

gnome_vfs_mime_get_key_list is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

mime_type :
Returns :

gnome_vfs_mime_keys_list_free ()

void        gnome_vfs_mime_keys_list_free   (GList *mime_type_list);

Warning

gnome_vfs_mime_keys_list_free is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

mime_type_list :

gnome_vfs_mime_get_extensions_list ()

GList*      gnome_vfs_mime_get_extensions_list
                                            (const char *mime_type);

Get the file extensions associated with mime type mime_type.

mime_type : mime type to get the extensions of.
Returns : a GList of char *s.

gnome_vfs_mime_extensions_list_free ()

void        gnome_vfs_mime_extensions_list_free
                                            (GList *list);

Call this function on the list returned by gnome_vfs_mime_get_extensions_list() to free the list and all of its elements.

list : the extensions list.

gnome_vfs_mime_get_extensions_string ()

char*       gnome_vfs_mime_get_extensions_string
                                            (const char *mime_type);

Warning

gnome_vfs_mime_get_extensions_string is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

mime_type :
Returns :

gnome_vfs_mime_get_extensions_pretty_string ()

char*       gnome_vfs_mime_get_extensions_pretty_string
                                            (const char *mime_type);

Warning

gnome_vfs_mime_get_extensions_pretty_string is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

mime_type :
Returns :

gnome_vfs_get_registered_mime_types ()

GList*      gnome_vfs_get_registered_mime_types
                                            (void);

Warning

gnome_vfs_get_registered_mime_types is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

Returns :

gnome_vfs_mime_registered_mime_type_list_free ()

void        gnome_vfs_mime_registered_mime_type_list_free
                                            (GList *list);

Warning

gnome_vfs_mime_registered_mime_type_list_free is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

list :

gnome_vfs_mime_set_registered_type_key ()

GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_set_registered_type_key
                                            (const char *mime_type,
                                             const char *key,
                                             const char *data);

mime_type :
key :
data :
Returns :

gnome_vfs_mime_set_extensions_list ()

GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_set_extensions_list
                                            (const char *mime_type,
                                             const char *extensions_list);

Warning

gnome_vfs_mime_set_extensions_list is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

mime_type :
extensions_list :
Returns :

gnome_vfs_mime_registered_mime_type_delete ()

void        gnome_vfs_mime_registered_mime_type_delete
                                            (const char *mime_type);

Warning

gnome_vfs_mime_registered_mime_type_delete is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

mime_type :

gnome_vfs_mime_reset ()

void        gnome_vfs_mime_reset            (void);

Warning

gnome_vfs_mime_reset is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.