Mimetypes: Microsoft files

[hlechner]

Help Files:

• CHM document (application/vnd.ms-htmlhelp)
• WinHelp help file (application/winhlp)

Cursor Files:

• Windows cursor (image/x-win-bitmap)
• Windows animated cursor (application/x-navi-animation)

Other:

• RIFF container (application/x-riff)
• Internet shortcut (application/x-mswinurl) - also reported on #580

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Help Files:

Description: CHM and HLP files are used to show help information on Windows platform. There are softwares for linux capable to read these files.

gvfs-info: here

Old Issue: 898

Design Association: Help, Information, Manpage

Note: Could be used this mimetype for Manpage manual document file.

Icons as reference:

Numix-Circle Related Icons:

Numix Related Icons:

Non-Numix theme related icons:

Other Individual Icons:

Cursor Files:

Description: CUR file is a static cursor and ANI animated cursor for Windows systems. Nautilus used to preview (thumbnail) the CUR file as a normal image.

gvfs-info: here

Old Issue: 898

Design Association: Cursor, pointer

Note: Could be used this mimetype for X11 Cursor file. The image BMP use the following mime: (image/bmp), the CUR uses (image/x-win-bitmap) instead.

Icons as reference:

Non-Numix theme related icons:

Other Individual Icons:

Other Files:

RIFF

Description: It's a container format created by Microsoft, could be included audio and video inside.

gvfs-info: standard::icon: application-x-riff, application-x-generic

Old Issue: 898

Design Association: windows logo, container, generic windows file

Note: I guess its not used at all to a user execute/use it directly, so I think will be ok link to windows binary mimetype.

Icons as reference:

Numix-Circle Related Icons:

Numix Related Icons:

Non-Numix theme related icons:

Other Individual Icons:

URL file

Description: used on Windows systems to create a file link to a Internet URL. also reported on #580

gvfs-info: standard::icon: application-x-mswinurl, application-x-generic

Old Issue: 898

Design Association: Globe, Internet, Link, Page

Icons as reference:

Numix Related Icons:

Non-Numix theme related icons:

Other Individual Icons:

[hlechner]

Help:

First Drafts:

Cursor:

First Drafts:

RIFF:

First Drafts:

URL:

First Drafts:

[andia89]

Good ones. Maybe remove the lighter blue circle in help icon and make question mark bigger. And remove all the shadows (from question mark and mouse cursors)

[hlechner]

Thanks @wa4557

Help:

Description: I'm not sure how big it should be, I've also tried with text too (not sure if useful).

Cursor:

Description: Should I keep the same color?

Further Details:
@wa4557, do you think that the help file could coexist with unknown mimetype without problem?

[andia89]

Looks better. You should not make two different question mark icons. But you can use the already existing unknown-mimetype icon and recolour it. But twice the same icon with different symbols is arguably not a good idea

[hlechner]

Update:

Description: I've changed the url icon design