A MIME type associates a file extension with an application so that Corel LINUX starts the correct application for a specific file. For example, the MIME type Gzip associates the Archive Administrator application with files that have the extension .gz or .tgz. When you click a *.gz or *.tgz file to open it, Corel LINUX automatically starts the Archive Administrator and opens the file.
In the MIME Editor, you can view the existing MIME types in two different views. The tree view organizes and displays the MIME types in groups according to file types. For example, .gif, .jpeg, and .tiff files are displayed in the Image category. The summary view gives you a list of MIME types according to their descriptions and extensions.
You can edit a MIME type to add or remove file extensions or change the associated applications. You can edit MIME types so that an application is associated with variations of the same type of file extension. For example, if you want to open GIF images with the Image Viewer, you can include .gif and .GIF in the MIME type definition. You can also delete MIME types. When you are editing or adding MIME types, you must provide the following information:
MIME type descriptionthe name of the MIME type. This is descriptive, for example, a MIME type associating text documents with an application is called "Text documents."
Filename patternthe file extensions to associate with an application. For example, you can include the file extensions .wpd, .doc, and .txt in the Text documents MIME type.
Category/Subcategorydescriptions assigned to the MIME type so that the MIME Editor can organize the MIME types in the tree view. For example, a category and subcategory for the Text documents MIME type is "applications/text."
Associated applicationthe application to associate with the file extensions in the MIME type definition. For example, the Text document MIME type can associate files with the extensions .wpd, .doc, or .txt with Corel WordPerfect. When you open a file with these extensions, Corel LINUX opens them using Corel WordPerfect.
You can also change the icon associated with a MIME type.