Implement MIME type support on UNIX systems #1980
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Implements support for mime types under the `application/vnd.imhex.proj` subtype. Allows for the automatic application launching through .hexproj files. Fixes WerWolv#491 Signed-off-by: BioTheWolff <[email protected]>
Implement ImHex's mime subtype in package delivery for UNIX systems such as ArchLinux, Debian, and RedHat and its derivatives. Signed-off-by: BioTheWolff <[email protected]>
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Thank you very much! I'm happy to merge any later PRs adding the same thing to Windows and/or macOS. I have both available for testing. This in itself is great though |
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Problem description
This PR addresses issue #491 regarding the inability to open ImHex project files (
.hexproj) directly from various UNIX Desktop Environments.NB: This PR's scope is limited to UNIX systems, as I have no access to MacOS systems and could not find a way to automatically create file associations on Windows.
Implementation description
In order for project files to be recognised as such, we need to create a new MIME type. According to RFC 6838 section 3.2, additional application MIME types should be defined with a vendor prefix.
NB: This is preferred over the deprecated
x-prefix, although RFC 6838 states that the vendor should be "a well known producer"This PR proposes a new mime type for ImHex project files:
application/vnd.imhex.proj, and associates it with the file format*.hexproj.It also implements small changes in the Arch Linux and RPM builds, in order to correctly ship the MIME XML file during installation.
Additional things
The implemented change has been manually tested in the following UNIX systems and graphical environments:
Which tests the functionality of the following build types:
.zstpackages.debpackagesFor Arch Linux and RPM packages, this has been tested to ensure that post-installation hooks (such as regeneration of the MIME database) is correctly executed (which it is). No further changes than those implemented in the PR are needed.