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Re: [media-types] TypeScript

Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com> Fri, 22 November 2019 07:51 UTC

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[Sean Leonard]
> Seriously. TypeScript is source code that is supposed to be compiled;
> it’s the same as with C/C++ files, or whatever. You would want a
> specific media type if it’s supposed to be handled differently by
> applications (as as in <script src=“…”> tags in HTML).

One use case for MIME types for both TypeScript and C/C++ files is to
pick the appropriate IDE when trying to open such file.  You might want
different IDEs to open when selecting C files and TypeScript files.

At least the KDE file browsers use MIME types internally to know how to
handle various files, and for these it is very valuable to have specific
format codes for each file format.

-- 
Happy hacking
Petter Reinholdtsen

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