Setting file metadata, how?
Setting file metadata, how?
- Subject: Setting file metadata, how?
- From: robert delius royar <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 21:08:40 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: An Apple OS X end user
- Priority: normal
I would like to add the ability to set kMDItemKind and kMDItemContentType
from an X11 application (XEmacs). I have written an mdimporter that lets
spotlight index elisp files and other files I have registered though the
importer (types el, mss, and text <key>public.filename-extension</key>).
I created a <key>org.xemacs.ostype</key> <string>XEma</string> and a
<key>UTTypeDescription</key> <string>XEmacs Document</string>
<key>UTTypeIdentifier</key> <string>org.xemacs.text</string>
The importer works fine except that XEmacs does not have any code in it
(yet) to make sure its files have the correct metadata when they are
written.
What is the minimum I would need to add the ability to accomplish this?
Could the ability be created in a plugin that provided some external hook
that XEmacs could call with a complete path? I am thinking maybe the
sample metadate application could be adapted for that. I think that would
be better than having to create an Xcode wrapper for XEmacs.
Ultimately, in addition to automatic indexing, I would like XEmacs to be
able to determine modes for files from the metadata which would be helpful
for a number of reasons.
--
Dr. Robert Delius Royar Associate Professor of English
Morehead State University Morehead, Kentucky
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