Chapter 4. MIME Types

Table of Contents

4.1. Introduction
4.2. Detecting the MIME Type for a File
4.2.1. File Content Sniffers
4.2.2. MIME Type Registry
4.3. Registering Applications for MIME Types
4.4. Adding an Application to the GNOME Desktop

This chapter describes how applications detect MIME types, how to register MIME types, and how to add applications to the GNOME desktop.