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Diffstat (limited to 'gnome2-system-admin-guide/C')
| -rw-r--r-- | gnome2-system-admin-guide/C/ChangeLog | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gnome2-system-admin-guide/C/glossary.xml | 64 |
2 files changed, 68 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gnome2-system-admin-guide/C/ChangeLog b/gnome2-system-admin-guide/C/ChangeLog index 849aec5..bcad5ec 100644 --- a/gnome2-system-admin-guide/C/ChangeLog +++ b/gnome2-system-admin-guide/C/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2006-03-09 Brent Smith <gnome@nextreality.net> + + * glossary.xml: + Added anchors for obsolete glossary entries and added some new ones to + replace the outdated ones. Fixes #333785 and #333783 + 2006-03-09 Luca Ferretti <elle.uca@libero.it> * glossary.xml: removed obsolete glossentries for old MIME and menu diff --git a/gnome2-system-admin-guide/C/glossary.xml b/gnome2-system-admin-guide/C/glossary.xml index e7930de..e6e7d52 100644 --- a/gnome2-system-admin-guide/C/glossary.xml +++ b/gnome2-system-admin-guide/C/glossary.xml @@ -1,5 +1,23 @@ <glossary id="glossary-1"> <title>Glossary</title> + <!-- these anchors are to maintain backwards compatibility for + obsolete glossary entries --> + + <!-- file content sniffer --> + <anchor id="glossary-23"/> + <!-- MIME information file --> + <anchor id="glossary-20"/> + <!-- MIME keys file --> + <anchor id="glossary-21"/> + <!-- MIME type registry --> + <anchor id="glossary-22"/> + <!-- pattern mask --> + <anchor id="glossary-25"/> + <!-- vfolder --> + <anchor id="glossary-9"/> + <!-- vfolder information file --> + <anchor id="glossary-10"/> + <glossentry id="glossary-13"> <glossterm><filename>.desktop</filename> file</glossterm> <glosssee otherterm="glossary-11"/> @@ -15,9 +33,9 @@ <glossentry id="glossary-18"> <glossterm>application registry</glossterm> <glossdef> - <para>The application registry is a location that contains text + <para>The application registry is a collection of desktop entry files which register applications. The location of the application registry -for the GNOME Desktop is <filename>/usr/share/gnome/application-registry</filename>.</para> +for the GNOME Desktop is <filename>$XDG_DATA_DIRS:$XDG_DATA_HOME/applications/</filename>.</para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry id="glossary-11"> @@ -91,6 +109,15 @@ about a preference key. The schema object contains information such as a default value for the preference key, and documentation on the preference key. </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> + <glossentry id="glossary-glob-pattern"> + <glossterm>glob pattern</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>A glob pattern is used to match a file name by using special +characters such as <literal>*</literal> and <literal>?</literal>. The MIME +system uses glob patterns to assign MIME types based upon filenames and often, +file extensions.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> <glossentry id="glossary-26"> <glossterm>Interoperable Object Reference</glossterm> <glossdef> @@ -100,12 +127,36 @@ be sent to control the object. The IOR also contains an object key to identify the object.</para> </glossdef> </glossentry> + <glossentry id="glossary-magic-rule"> + <glossterm>magic rule</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>A magic rule defines a file's MIME type by specifying +text or binary data to search for at the beginning of the file. Offsets to look for +this data are defined in a magic rule.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + <glossentry id="glossary-menu-def"> + <glossterm>Menu definition files</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>Menu definition files define the hierarchy of menus that are used in the +GNOME menu bar.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> <glossentry id="glossary-27"> <glossterm>MIME</glossterm> <glossdef> <para>Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension.</para> </glossdef> </glossentry> + <glossentry id="glossary-mime-source-xml"> + <glossterm>MIME source XML file</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>A MIME source XML file defines how MIME types are resolved for different kinds +of files. There are three ways in which this can be done: using file extensions (glob patterns), +using magic rules and using XML namespaces. MIME source XML files are located +in the <filename>$XDG_DATA_DIRS:$XDG_DATA_HOME/mime/packages</filename> directory.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> <glossentry id="glossary-16"> <glossterm>MIME type</glossterm> <glossdef> @@ -115,6 +166,15 @@ use the <literal>image/png</literal> MIME type to detect that a Portable Network Graphic (PNG) file is attached to an email. </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> + <glossentry id="glossary-mime-type-database"> + <glossterm>MIME type database</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>The MIME type database is a collection of files +which register MIME types for the desktop environment. The location of +the MIME type database is the directory <filename>$XDG_DATA_DIRS:$XDG_DATA_HOME/mime</filename>. +</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> <glossentry id="glossary-31"> <glossterm>OMF file</glossterm> <glossdef> |