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- From: ejack@user1.channel1.com (Eric D. Jackson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: IBrowse and external calls
- Date: 7 Feb 1996 15:22:17 GMT
- Organization: Channel 1 Communications
- Message-ID: <10171.6611T561T1404@user1.channel1.com>
- References: <934.6609T1226T2071@cris.com> <2517.6610T647T2486@user1.channel1.com>
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-
- >>I was too quick to enter my last message about IBrowse and external calls.
- >>Here's what I've found...
-
- >> Type: ______/_____ should be Class/Type
- >> Mime: should be mime types
-
- >>I know these class types and mime types:
- >> image/x-iff = iff IFF
- >> image/gif = gif GIF
- >> image/jpeg = jpeg JPEG jpg JPG jfif JFIF
- >> audio/basic = au AU
-
- >>The program should be the program to show the file and it should be set to
- >>external call.
-
- >>The last window (I forgot what it's called) appears to default to %f. It
- >>seems it should be %s. At any rate, the defalut works fine even it is an f
- >>and not an s.
-
- >>I tried using image/*, but it didn't work. I had to specify each and every
- >>type separately. There's a problem here... What is the class/type for .wav,
- >>.mov, and .avi files?
- >> -Kainaw
-
- >> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
- >>Kainaw@cris.com -=- Kainaw@genie.com -=- HTTP://www.cris.com/~Kainaw/
-
- >image/x-wav (for.wav)
- >video/x-msvideo (for .avi)
- >video/quicktime (for qt. and .mov)
- >I have seen this also
- >image/wav (for .wav)
- >I got this information from a book called Netscape Virtuoso by Keeler and
- >Miller. They have .wav both ways. The book says this, too.
-
- >"Interested in finding out even more about MIME types? Check out RFCs 1521
- >and
- >1522, which propose and define MIME types. The RFCs are available at
- >http://www.oac.uci.edu/indiv/ehood/MIME/MIME.html and elsewhere on the
- >Internet. For less technical, more user friendly information, check out
- >Usenet's comp.mail.mime FAQ (frequently asked questions list), available at
- >ftp://ftp.uu.net/usenet/news.answers/mail/mime-faq/ and elsewhere on the
- >Internet."
-
- >Eric
-
- I hadn't checked out that material when I posted yesterday but I read it all
- today. I've included what I think maybe useful from the 3rd of the 4 FAQs I
- found there.
-
- Eric
- ==========================================================
- comp.mail.mime frequently asked questions list (FAQ) (3/3)
- ==========================================================
-
- 10.2) MIME types
-
- There are registered and unregistered MIME types. Unregistered MIME
- types begin with an "x-" and their meanings generally depend on
- private agreements between senders and receivers. This section lists
- registered types and some known unregistered types.
-
- --------------------------------
-
- 10.2.1) List of registered MIME types
-
- The latest list of registered MIME types is available from this file:
-
- <A NAME=id70 HREF="ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/media-
- types/media-types">ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/media-
- types/media-types</A>
-
- The media-types file also lists character sets registered for use with
- MIME, access types for external-body contents, content-transfer-encodings,
- and MIME/X.400 mapping tables.
-
- (stuff edited out)
-
- 10.2.2) List of known unregistered MIME types
-
- Here is a list of some known x-types, x-subtypes, and x-parameters.
-
- The enumeration of these x-types here does not imply any kind of
- standardization or open specification. The meanings of x-types depend
- on private agreements between senders and receivers. Some x-types may
- eventually become registered types; see sections 10.2.1 and 11.1.
-
- Just because an x-type is generated by a proprietary mail user agent
- doesn't necessarily mean that only that MUA can handle the x-type.
- Metamail and MH, for example, permit you to set up your own mechanisms
- to handle various standard and non-standard content types. In
- particular, it may simply be a matter of invoking some commercial
- application (aka invoking an "external viewer") to view data used by
- that application. For example, FrameMaker or FrameReader might be run
- to handle a content type of application/x-framemaker. (In the case of
- Frame documents, there are several ways to handle this---see Frame
- Technical Note 1359 or consult the comp.text.frame FAQ.) The Metamail
- source distribution comes with pre-defined mailcap entries for
- handling some x-types; these may offer clues about how to configure
- your own mail user agent.
-
- Not all of the x-types listed here begin with "x-". Although such
- non-standard types may contravene the MIME specification, the fact
- remains that someone out there is generating them. Listing such types
- here is not intended to enshrine such types.
-
- { NOTE: some of the meanings of these x-types are GUESSES by the FAQ
- maintainer. Please let us know about incorrect guesses, and, if
- possible, supply a URL pointing to information about the x-type.
-
- And please feel free to let us know about whatever wacko or not-so-wacko
- x-types that your UAs may unleash on an unsuspecting world. If you
- have a URL for a document that describes the format, so much the
- better. Please at least let us know what applications are generating
- the x-types in question. }
-
-
- Application types:
-
- application/pgp PGP
- application/x-aiff Z-Mail: AIFF audio data
- application/x-bcpio MHonArc: bcpio data
- application/x-bitmap Z-Mail: X11 bitmaps
- application/x-cpio MHonArc: cpio archives
- application/x-csh MHonArc: csh scripts
- application/x-dvi MHonArc: TeX DVI data
- application/x-framemaker Z-Mail: FrameMaker documents
- application/x-gtar MHonArc: GNU tar archives
- application/x-hdf MHonArc: hdf data
- application/x-inventor Z-Mail: for Inventor files
- application/x-island-draw Z-Mail: IslandDraw files
- application/x-island-paint Z-Mail: IslandPaint files
- application/x-island-write Z-Mail: IslandWrite files
- application/x-jot Z-Mail: Jot documents
- application/x-latex MHonArc: LaTeX documents
- application/x-macbinhex40 TCP/Connect II: Mac BinHex 4.0
- application/x-metamail-patch metamail: patches to metamail
- application/x-mif MHonArc: Frame MIF documents
- application/x-movie Z-Mail: MoviePlayer documents
- application/x-ms-tnef Worldtalk: proprietary "tunneling" type for MS
- Exchange
- application/x-netcdf MHonArc: netcdf data
- application/x-sgi Z-Mail: SGI ImageWorks documents
- application/x-sh MHonArc: sh scripts
- application/x-shar MHonArc: shell archives
- application/x-showcase Z-Mail: Showcase documents
- application/x-sv4cpio MHonArc: SVR4 cpio archives
- application/x-sv4crc MHonArc: SVR4 crc data
- application/x-tar MHonArc: tar archives
- application/x-tcl MHonArc: tcl programs
- application/x-tex MHonArc: TeX documents
- application/x-texinfo MHonArc: GNU texinfo documents
- application/x-troff MHonArc: plain troff documents
- application/x-troff-man MHonArc: troff -man documents
- application/x-troff-me MHonArc: troff -me documents
- application/x-troff-ms MHonArc: troff -ms documents
- application/x-ustar MHonArc: ustar data
- application/x-wais-source MHonArc: WAIS sources
- application/x-wingz Z-Mail: Wingz documents
- application/x-xpm1 Z-Mail: OL pixmap files
- application/x-wt-stf Worldtalk: proprietary "tunneling" type for Worldtalk
- application/x-zm-fax Z-Mail: Z-Fax documents
-
-
- Audio types:
-
- audio/x-aiff MHonArc: AIFF audio data
- audio/x-wav MHonArc: WAV audio data
- audio/x-macaudio Iride: NOT sampled Macintosh audio
-
- audio/x-next MH 6.8: self-describing audio data
- see <A NAME=id135 HREF="ftp://ftp.ics.uci.edu/mh/contrib/multimedia/mhn-
- tutorial.ps">ftp://ftp.ics.uci.edu/mh/contrib/multimedia/mhn-tutorial.ps</A>
-
-
- Image types:
-
- image/x-cmu-raster MHonArc: CMU raster data
- image/x-fits FITS files (see part 2 for an xv patch)
- image/x-macpict TCP/Connect II, Iride: Macintosh PICT
- image/x-pbm MHonArc: portable bit map data
- image/x-pgm MHonArc: PGM data
- image/x-pict MHonArc: Mactinosh PICT data
- image/x-pnm MHonArc
- image/x-portable-anymap MHonArc
- image/x-portable-bitmap MHonArc
- image/x-portable-graymap MHonArc
- image/x-portable-pixmap MHonArc
- image/x-ppm MHonArc
- image/x-rgb MHonArc
- image/x-xbitmap MHonArc: in-lines into the HTML
- image/x-xbm MHonArc: in-lines into the HTML
- image/x-xpixmap MHonArc
- image/x-xpm MHonArc
- image/x-xwd MHonArc
- image/x-xwindowdump MHonArc: X window dump
-
-
- Multipart types:
-
- multipart/report SendMail v8.7
-
-
- Text types:
-
- text/html MHonArc: WWW HTML (See also <A NAME=id136
- HREF="http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu:82/rfc/rfc1866.html">RFC 1866</A>)
- text/unknown Worldtalk
- text/x-html MHonArc: WWW HTML
- text/x-setext MHonArc: setext
- text/x-usenet-faq Ohio State WWW FAQ document format
-
-
- Video types:
-
- video/x-msvideo MHonArc: Microsoft video data
- video/x-sgi-movie MHonArc: SGI movie data
-
-
- Other types:
-
- x-be2 old Andrew format
- x-sun-attachment Sun MicroSystems mailtool
- x-zm-multipart old Z-Mail format
-
-
- Content transfer encodings:
-
- uue uuencoded data
- uuencode uuencoded data
- x-uue uuencoded data
- x-uuencode uuencoded data
-
-
- Character sets:
-
- charset=x-unknown MH 6.8.3: for untagged charsets
-
-
- Miscellaneous parameters:
-
- application/octet-stream
- type=tar; x-conversions=compress
- MH 6.8.x viamail: See also tar(1) and compress(1).
-
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