Re: Fake PDF

[Gianluigi <gradobag@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Il 24/02/26 16:49, Lee ha scritto:
> Well, I'm not Benoît, but I can tell you that it is not a mistake on 
> your part and that the Mime type IS working.
>
> The code of DesktopMime.FromFile() tries first to determine the MIME 
> type by querying the MIME database file (/usr/share/mime/globs2) which 
> lists the MIME type based on the file's extension. On my system, line 
> 139 of that file indicates that "*.pdf" files are of type "application/ 
> pdf".
>
> It can be fooled if the extension is not correct. If you need better 
> mime type determination, you can shell out to `file`.

Hi Lee,

I'm probably not understanding what you're trying to say. I tried using 
BaseName, but I get an error and don't get "File type: Plain Text 
Document (text/plain)" like I get when opening the same file with Mint's 
document viewer.

Regards
Gianluigi