[Sugar-devel] [DESIGN] Changing mime type in journal details view.

[Christofer Roibal]

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2013/11/25 James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org>

> I'm fine with the change by Christofer.
>
> While it is possible for a learner to change the mime type to
> something that cannot be managed by an activity, the risk is low,
> because detail view requires deliberate action to obtain, and the mime
> type can always be changed back.
>
> If the risk is found to be high, then a warning can be added, or an
> entry at the top of the Gtk.ComboBox called "automatic" which uses the
> mime.get_for_file method.
>
> Going one step further, Sugar could store the original mime type and
> offer that as "original".
>
> On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 12:16:21PM -0300, Martin Abente Lahaye wrote:
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > Christofer Roibal, has submitted a patch [1] for changing the mime type
> of
> > journal entries in the details view. This idea comes from a GCI task [2]
> which
> > he has completed.
> >
> > What he did is replacing the Gtk.Label, that shows the mime type, for a
> > Gtk.ComboBox. The combo is set to the corresponding option when the entry
> > metadata contains a mime type, otherwise is set to a empty/blank option.
> The
> > combo can be used to select another mime type for that entry.
> >
> > Please share your thoughts about this change, from the functional and
> design
> > POVs. We need to decide whether we include it or not.
> >
> > Thanks for your time.
> > Saludos,
> > tch.
> >
> > Refs:
> > 1. https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar/pull/148
> > 2.
> http://www.google-melange.com/gci/task/view/google/gci2013/4601998938734592
> >
> >
>
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>
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> James Cameron
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