Packaging icons for new mime-types

[Rex Dieter]

Gérard Milmeister wrote:
> I think it is pretty clear how to install a new mime-type used by
> package.
> However I do not entirely understand how to install a corresponding
> icon. What I did for TeXmacs is that I packaged an icon named gnome-
> mime-text-texmacs.xpm in the directory $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%
> {_datadir}/icons/gnome/48x48/mimetypes/gnome-mime-text-texmacs.xpm.
> Is the correct way to do it?

It's certainly not wrong, but I'd suggest you put your icon(s) in 
%%_datadir/icons, unless you intend to support different sizes, then use 
the generic %%_datadir/icons/hicolor.

-- Rex