Bug 141371 – googleearth: cannot open .kml files in Gnome (mime issue)

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Ed Catmur 2006-07-22 03:56:33 UTC]

Downloaded .kml files can't be opened in Gnome.

They display as kml files until you click on them, then the mime magic kicks in and they change to xml files, lacking the Google Earth association.

This can be remedied by adding some magic to the googleearth mime file. Patch to follow.

[Comment 1 Ed Catmur 2006-07-22 03:57:17 UTC]

Created attachment 92479 [details, diff]
mime-magic.patch

Some fairly specific magic.

Needs to be applied at install time.

[Comment 2 Stefan Schweizer (RETIRED) 2006-07-23 08:12:07 UTC]

thanks, I have added it to potage - can you please get it upstream and notify the google devs od the problem?

[Comment 3 Ed Catmur 2006-07-23 18:08:35 UTC]

Created attachment 92588 [details, diff]
mime-magic.patch

Sorry, I just discovered that that patch doesn't work with recent .kml files from Google.

This patch just matches the initial portion of the xmlns - "<kml xmlns="http://earth.google.com/kml/". It should be quite a bit more robust.

I'm trying to find out how to report bugs now...

[Comment 4 Ed Catmur 2006-07-23 18:10:25 UTC]

Reopened for improved patch (KML version 2.1).

Thanks!

[Comment 5 Ed Catmur 2006-07-23 18:28:28 UTC]

Reported upstream (pity they don't have a bugzilla). I'll post back if/when I get any reply.

[Comment 6 Stefan Schweizer (RETIRED) 2006-07-23 23:11:40 UTC]

thanks, I have updated the patch

[Comment 7 Stefan Schweizer (RETIRED) 2006-07-23 23:11:40 UTC]

thanks, I have updated the patch· I hope google will apply it.