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| author | Thomas Leonard <tal@ecs.soton.ac.uk> | 2003-03-02 12:58:39 +0000 |
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| committer | Thomas Leonard <tal@ecs.soton.ac.uk> | 2003-03-02 12:58:39 +0000 |
| commit | 215f3b4beb38bda5592bcf82973cca53837782cf (patch) | |
| tree | 59a3faf17922ca6e5b4388d011577b86df1de94c /shared-mime-info-spec.xml | |
| parent | 9ac8d275784e1c7b0fabc66c174259056ca22eee (diff) | |
| download | shared-mime-info-215f3b4beb38bda5592bcf82973cca53837782cf.tar.gz | |
Make it really clear that user prefs don't go in the database.
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diff --git a/shared-mime-info-spec.xml b/shared-mime-info-spec.xml index fb36a973..433f11b3 100644 --- a/shared-mime-info-spec.xml +++ b/shared-mime-info-spec.xml @@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ This specification attempts to unify the MIME database systems currently in use by GNOME<citation>GNOME</citation>, KDE<citation>KDE</citation> and ROX<citation>ROX</citation>, and provide room for future extensibility. </para> + <para> +The MIME database does NOT store user preferences (such as a user's preferred +application for handling files of a particular type). It may be used to store +static information, such as that files of a certain type may be viewed with +a particular application. + </para> </sect2> <sect2> <title>Language used in this specification</title> |