From f89d82b1ae360b55395440b4505e26443d199dcb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brent Smith Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 02:39:34 +0000 Subject: Added anchors for obsolete glossary entries and added some new ones to 2006-03-09 Brent Smith * glossary.xml: Added anchors for obsolete glossary entries and added some new ones to replace the outdated ones. Fixes #333785 and #333783 --- gnome2-system-admin-guide/C/ChangeLog | 6 +++ gnome2-system-admin-guide/C/glossary.xml | 64 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'gnome2-system-admin-guide') 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Brent Smith + + * glossary.xml: + Added anchors for obsolete glossary entries and added some new ones to + replace the outdated ones.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 * 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 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + .desktop file @@ -15,9 +33,9 @@ application registry - The application registry is a location that contains text + The application registry is a collection of desktop entry files which register applications. The location of the application registry -for the GNOME Desktop is /usr/share/gnome/application-registry. +for the GNOME Desktop is $XDG_DATA_DIRS:$XDG_DATA_HOME/applications/. @@ -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. + + glob pattern + + A glob pattern is used to match a file name by using special +characters such as * and ?. The MIME +system uses glob patterns to assign MIME types based upon filenames and often, +file extensions. + + Interoperable Object Reference @@ -100,12 +127,36 @@ be sent to control the object. The IOR also contains an object key to identify the object. + + magic rule + + 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. + + + + Menu definition files + + Menu definition files define the hierarchy of menus that are used in the +GNOME menu bar. + + MIME Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension. + + MIME source XML file + + 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 $XDG_DATA_DIRS:$XDG_DATA_HOME/mime/packages directory. + + MIME type @@ -115,6 +166,15 @@ use the image/png MIME type to detect that a Portable Network Graphic (PNG) file is attached to an email. + + MIME type database + + 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 $XDG_DATA_DIRS:$XDG_DATA_HOME/mime. + + + OMF file -- cgit