Re: Thoughts on the standardization of Org

[Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>]

* Daniele Nicolodi <daniele@grinta.net> [2020-11-02 14:10]:
> On 02/11/2020 10:02, TEC wrote:
> > I think there are absolutely some benefits for Org users. I am
> > personally interested in registering Org as an IANA MIME type.
> 
> I don't think that registering Org as IANA MIME type will have the
> consequences you hope it has.
> 
> > What will this do? Well, for starters I'd like to be able to 
> > attach org
> > files without the type being recognised as
> > "application/vnd.lotus-organizer" 🤢.
> 
> This is not governed by the presence of an MIME type for Org, but by the
> mechanism that assigns a MIME type to the file when it is attached tp a
> message, and this is independent of the IANA MIME type database.
> 
> You (most probably) already can configure your email client (or
> operative system) to use "text/x-org" as the mime type for files with
> extension ".org". Having a IANA MIME type, would only make using
> "text/org" a bit more "right" (there is nothing that stops you from
> using the "text/org" mime type without it being registered).

That is right, I am using it since years in ~/.mailcap that works well
for mutt email client.

text/org;	emacsclient %s; nametemplate=%s.org;
text/x-org;	emacsclient %s; nametemplate=%s.org;

Jean