It would be good to know what exactly is the use case, if nothing else... On Tuesday, 26 November 2013, Gonzalo Odiard wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div dir="ltr">I insist. If we need a mechanism to change the mime type, maybe is better create a activity to do it.<div>Expose all that options in the detail view in the Journal is not a good idea for me.</div><div> </div> <div>Gonzalo</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"> <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 11:04 PM, James Cameron <<a href="javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'quozl@laptop.org');" target="_blank">quozl@laptop.org</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">The second screenshot shows no apparent ordering for the entries in the Gtk.ComboBox. Perhaps it should be sorted. On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 11:45:48PM -0200, Christofer Roibal wrote: > Imágenes integradas 1Imágenes integradas 2 <div><div>> > > 2013/11/25 James Cameron <<a href="javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'quozl@laptop.org');" target="_blank">quozl@laptop.org</a>> > > 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. <a href="https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar/pull/148" target="_blank">https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar/pull/148</a> > > 2. <a href="http://www.google-melange.com/gci/task/view/google/gci2013/" target="_blank">http://www.google-melange.com/gci/task/view/google/gci2013/</a> > 4601998938734592 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sugar-devel mailing list > > <a href="javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org');" target="_blank">Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> > > <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel</a> > > > -- > James Cameron > <a href="http://quozl.linux.org.au/" target="_blank">http://quozl.linux.org.au/</a> > > -- James Cameron <a href="http://quozl.linux.org.au/" target="_blank">http://quozl.linux.org.au/</a> _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list <a href="javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org');" target="_blank">Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel</a> </div></div></blockquote></div> </div> </blockquote> -- Daniel Narvaez