Sebastien Cevey wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 03:46:50PM -0600, kbrannen@gte.net wrote:
>
>
>>Not that we have to do it the CVS way, but I recall a file in
>>/<cvsroot>/CVSROOT that held patterns for binary file names (I'd go
>>look it up but I've already deleted my last CVS install. :-)
>
>
> Are you talking about this file :
>
> ----------------8<------------------
> [seb@sirius CVSROOT]$ cat cvswrappers
> # This file affects handling of files based on their names.
...
> #*.gif -k 'b'
> [seb@sirius CVSROOT]$
> --------------8<---------------------
Yes! Thanks for digging that up!
>
> Sounds like it, although it doesn't care for mime-type but file
> pattern of course.
True, as I had pointed out, but it was the concept I was after. :-)
>
> Anyway, I think an external (and possibly modifiable) type list would
> be a lot cleaner than a hard coded list. It would also allow people
> using "custom" (cute name for non-standard) mime-types to specify
> their own file handling.
>
> But the main idea is really nice ! :)
>
The discussion seemed to be trying to go that direction, so I thought I'd just
come out and say it. Anyway, the bottom-line to me is that this list should
*not* be in code. Therefore, a "config" file sort of thing seems to be the
obvious thing to do. And yes, locally modifiable is something to keep in mind.
Kevin
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Received on Mon Nov 18 23:09:05 2002