[Zope] Re: Webdav and mimetypes

[Kirk Strauser]

On Tuesday 27 July 2004 08:43, Casey Duncan wrote:

>> Right now, whether using Emacs via FTP or Kate via webdav, I have to
>> open each individual file and then tell the editor to load the
>> appropriate editing mode.  I would be quite happy to not have to do
>> that anymore.

> Yup. The stupid thing is that the Mac had this problem solved in 1984,
> with type/creator file metadata *sigh*.

I never used pre-OS X Macs, so I'm not too familiar with the mechanism.  How 
would it compare to mime information?

> This is generally based on the content_type attribute of the object (as
> Chris said), but some objects have their own rules. It would not be
> difficult to wire in "text/x-python" for python scripts, for example.

Where would an interested party begin to look for doing such a thing?  I'd 
be willing to take a shot at it, with the caveat that I'm more experienced 
programming *inside* Zope and not directly *on* Zope.
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Kirk Strauser
The Day Companies