[openbeos] Re: resource files, application signatures, and icons

  • From: Andrew Edward McCall <mccall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 22:47:29 +0000

On Friday 27 September 2002 21:44, you wrote:
> En réponse à Scott MacMaster <zqxh@xxxxxxx>:
> > What's with x-vnd?  What does it mean?  What about something like
> > this?
>
> x = extention (= not normalised or listed in the mime official list)
> vnd = VeNDor I guess.
>
> I don't see why we would get rid of this, just seems familiar to me now =)
>
> > application/obos.x86.company.program_name
> >
> > or if sub items are possible ( I would prefer this)
> >
> > application/obos/x86/company/program_name
>
> I wonder is the MIME specs allow a 2nd slash (that is if it allows
> namespace subdivision, as the slash looks like a reserved char).

Correct me if I am wrong, but the inclusion of the architecture isn't needed.

I seem to remember BeOS knowing some other way that an app is either a PPC or 
an old binary-format application and changing its icon to represent that.

Andrew

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