Best way to register a file format plugin for an app with nautilus's mime-handler etc.

Nicu Buculei nicu_fedora at nicubunu.ro
Tue Feb 24 10:36:12 UTC 2009


Caolán McNamara wrote:
> So, here's the example scenario: Someone writes an extension for
> OpenOffice.org writer which adds a file format importer and that gets
> packaged into Fedora. Is there a way to then register the extra
> mime-type that writer now supports if, and only if, that extension is
> installed.

This is supposed to also work the other way: with the extension NOT 
installed an user click on a file of that type and PackageKit pop-up, 
ask about installing the extension, do its job, the extension is 
installed and the file successfully opened?

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