Aw: .sav files not shown in pspp file dialogs?

[Friedrich Beckmann]

Hi Harry,

I added the Key

application/x-spss-sav

with String Extension set to .sav in the registry in

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MIME\Database\Content Type 

and then the file open dialog shows the .sav files also when the filter „Data 
and Syntax“
is applied. So the problem could be fixed on Windows 7 by adding this
key to the registry. See

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms775148(v=vs.85).aspx

The .zsav file is always shown because there is an explicit search for this
extension in the filter setup. See:

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/pspp.git/tree/src/ui/gui/psppire-window.c#n657

Only the .sav files and .por files are searched via mime type.

Fritz


> Am 07.01.2018 um 12:14 schrieb Friedrich Beckmann <address@hidden>:
> 
> Hi Harry,
> 
> the discussion about the mime type problem on MacOS is here:
> 
> https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?52323
> 
> The changes are pretty recent and are to my knowledge not backported
> to 2.54 yet. However the file filter problems for .sav files which are related
> to mime-type handling (i.e. missing connection between mime-type and file type
> extension .sav) had to be handled by adding the mime definition on MacOS via
> the Info.plist file which is part of the application bundle.
> 
> I guess this has to be done also on Windows but I am not familiar with the
> way how to do it there. You mentioned the registry but does that mean that
> the mime type is connected to the file extension? 
> 
> According to the glib/gio code here:
> 
> https://github.com/GNOME/glib/blob/master/gio/gcontenttype-win32.c#L316
> 
> the registry entry should be located here:
> 
> https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms775148(v=vs.85).aspx
> 
> For the file filtering to work, there should be the mime type
> 
> application/x-spss-sav
> 
> connected to the „.sav“ file extension
> 
> Fritz
> 
>> Am 06.01.2018 um 21:45 schrieb Harry Thijssen <address@hidden>:
>> 
>> Hi Friedrich,
>> 
>> It seems there is even in glib 2.52 a problem with the mime-types, but I 
>> couldn't find a reference on the internet yet.  I can workaround by patching 
>> pspp-windows.c and add the file extensions.
>> 
>> However if I try to import a ods file I get an empty screen etc like Gene 
>> described. If I hit contine I het a crash. Does the same happen on MacOS?
>> 
>> Have fun 
>