Re: Setting a protocol handler

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On Fri, 2012-03-30 at 07:03 -0500, Rex Dieter wrote:
> On 03/29/2012 09:00 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> > On 03/30/2012 06:23 AM, Rex Dieter wrote:
> >> Well, prior to these fixes I made to ktorrent packaging, xdg-open (and xdg-settings
> >> get ...) would always choose ktorrent
> >
> > OK, right....
> >
> > Now this brings up a question that I have with regards to the xdg- framework.
> >
> > You've indicated that MimeTypes=x-scheme-handler/magnet is the preferred settings
> > method.  Yes?
> 
> yes.
> 
> > Is this related in any way to the "System Settings", "File Associations"?
> 
> Yes, it's just a specialized mimetype.  downside is that currently kde's 
> file associations kcm doesn't show the x-scheme-handler/ types (yet).

That actually speaks to what I've been trying to say without realizing
it. I had a mental model in which Mimetypes were associated with either
file extensions or Content-Type email headers, not with protocol
handlers. Having all these work uniformly would go a long way to making
the configuration more discoverable.

poc

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