As for the MIME type, I think there are actually two types of files here: Files starting with [InternetShortcut] are type application/x-mswinurl , since they're used in an application (launcher) and non-standard MS type.
Files that end in .url can be either the above or type text/x-uri. An example of the latter is /usr/share/gettext/projects/GNOME/teams.url, which is just a plain text file containing a url and nothing else. This is matched from /usr/share/globs2: 50:text/x-uri:*.url So what we really have to do is make the [InternetShortcut] magic word override the .url glob when it exists. Currently it assumes text/x-uri whenever the glob is .url. If you change an MS URL file to a random extension, you'll see that it changes from "resource location" to "Internet shortcut". I'm not sure how to make it override. "If the glob matching fails or results in multiple conflicting mimetypes, read the contents of the file and do magic sniffing on it." -- Ubuntu does not open MS Windows internet shortcuts with 'url' extension https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185165 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to shared-mime-info in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
