Please add supported filetypes into MimeType line of inkscape.desktop

[Mantas Kriaučiūnas]

Binary package hint: inkscape

Currently Inkscape isn't associated with lots of supported filetypes including compressed svg (svgz), PDF, Postscript (ps), Encapsulated Postscript (eps), Adobe illustrator (ai).
I've patched inkscape.desktop.in file from inkscape sources and added main supported filetypes into MimeType line.
Please add attached patch to allow opening supported filetypes directly from file manager.

Also don't forget to include update-desktop-database command in debian/postinst script.

[Martin Kaufmann (martin.kaufmann)]

Hi,

i make an debdiff with your Patch included. Can you test if it works?

[David D Short (chameleondave)]

This is affecting me in Kubuntu Intrepid (SVGs open in Inkscape by default, but only with .svg extensions, not with .svg.gz or .svgz). Will this patch help us KDE 4 users?

[Mantas Kriaučiūnas (mantas)]

Hi,

This patch will help KDE3, KDE4, XFCE, GNOME, LXDE and all other desktop
environments, which follow freedesktop.org standarts :)

On Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 02:05:09PM -0000, David D Short wrote:
> This is affecting me in Kubuntu Intrepid (SVGs open in Inkscape by
> default, but only with .svg extensions, not with .svg.gz or .svgz).
> Will this patch help us KDE 4 users?
>
> --
> [PATCH] Inkscape isn't associated with lots of supported filetypes - please add supported filetypes into MimeType line of inkscape.desktop

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[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Version in Jaunty has all these now.

[Mantas Kriaučiūnas (mantas)]

Inkscape in Ubuntu 9.04, 10.04 and even in Ubuntu 10.10 is associated only with svg and svgz files and still isn't associated with lots of supported filetypes including PDF, Postscript (ps), Encapsulated Postscript (eps), Adobe illustrator (ai) and Corel Draw (cdr), so I'm reopening this bug.

Bryce Harrington wrote on 2009-02-04:
> Version in Jaunty has all these now.

Bryce, you are not right - look at inkscape.desktop file in Ubuntu inkscape deb packages.

[Alex Valavanis (valavanisalex)]

Debian bug report refers to bash completion. This still needs to be forwarded.

[Alex Valavanis (valavanisalex)]

This patch has now been applied in Debian, and will shortly be merged into Ubuntu. Any thoughts from upstream developers about including this?

[jazzynico (jazzynico)]

Patch committed in the trunk (revision 10056) and the 0.48.x branch (revision 9764)

[Alex Valavanis (valavanisalex)]

@JazzyNico - Thanks very much :)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package inkscape - 0.48.1-2ubuntu1

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inkscape (0.48.1-2ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low

  * Merge with Debian unstable (LP: #719648, LP: #278307). Remaining changes:
  * debian/control:
    - Ubuntu maintainers
    - Promote python-lxml, python-numpy, python-uniconvertor to Recommends.
    - Demote pstoedit to Suggests (universe package).
  * debian/rules:
    - Run intltool-update on build (Ubuntu-specific).
    - Add translation domain to .desktop files (Ubuntu-specific)
  * debian/patches/01_add_unity_quicklist_support.patch:
    - add unity quicklist support for a new entry to inkscape (LP: #676886)

inkscape (0.48.1-2) unstable; urgency=low

  * upload to unstable (closes: #611626)
  * [d364fdc] link against libwpg0.2/libwpd0.9 (closes: 604825)
    Thanks to Rene Engelhard <email address hidden> for his work and the patch!
  * upload sponsored by Guido Guenther <email address hidden>
    Thank you very much!

inkscape (0.48.1-1) experimental; urgency=low

  * [f6250fa] Imported Upstream version 0.48.1
  * [e5b9206] remove debian/patches/01-end-drag-fix.dpatch since applied
    upstream
  * [2b6fb5b] add patch to fix shebang lines in extensions scripts
  * [f38e3e1] drop dependency upon ttf-bitstream-vera (closes: #597503)
  * [0a91fb1] binary depends on ${misc:Depends} as indicated by lintian
  * [02b4953] depend on libmagick++-dev instead of libmagick++9-dev
  * [ea095c3] Add supported mime types (closes: #596982)
 -- Alex Valavanis <email address hidden> Sun, 20 Feb 2011 12:07:30 +0000