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We could exploit the fact that unknown files have this MIME type by associating some file type detection utility to them. Let's call it gnomemagic.
- The user double-clicks the file. "application/octet-stream" is
associated with 'gnomemagic'. So gnomemagic is run and displays a dialog
such as:
Why not run gnome-magic every time you open a file, just to be sure that it's opened with the correct application? It's no big problem if Nautilus does a bad guess on the filetype, as long as the right app is opened for the file.
If the opened app is different from the filetype nautilus detected, the user should get a dialog, but more like:
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Unknown File Type
The system was unable to determine the type of this file by its name. Analysing its contents, it looks like a file of type "Gnumeric Spreadsheet" (application/x-gnumeric).
[x] Rename the file, appending the ".gnumeric" suffix to match its type
Open with [Gnumeric________][v]
[ ] Always use these setting for files of type (application/x-gnumeric)
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