Default Navigator Mime Types

Please note: The file extension in the mime.types file is only consulted for FTP and local file access; when things come from HTTP or Gopher, the server tells the client what the type is; therefore the name of the file doesn't matter.


There is a long list of extensions already built into the client (by default), so most users won't need a mime.types file at all.

Here is the list that is built into the X client:

Content Type: Extensions:Description:
[Text] text/plain txt text Plain Text
[Text] text/html html htm Hypertext Markup Language
[Text] application/rtf rtf Rich Text Format
[Text] application/x-tex tex TeX Document
[Text] application/x-latex latex LaTeX Document
[Text] application/x-dvi dvi TeX DVI Data
[Text] application/x-texinfo texi texinfo GNU TeXinfo Document
[Image] image/gif gif Compuserve Image Format
[Image] image/jpeg jpeg jpg jpe JPEG Image
[Image] image/tiff tiff tif TIFF Image
[Image] image/x-cmu-raster ras CMU Raster Image
[Image] image/x-xbitmap xbm X Bitmap
[Image] image/x-xpixmap xpm X Pixmap
[Image] image/x-xwindowdump xwd X Window Dump Image
[Image] image/x-portable-anymap pnm PBM Image
[Image] image/x-portable-bitmap pbm PBM Image
[Image] image/x-portable-graymap pgm PGM Image
[Image] image/x-portable-pixmap ppm PPM Image
[Image] image/x-rgb rgb RGB Image
[Image] image/ief ief  
[Image] application/fractals fif Fractal Image Format
[Sound] audio/basic au snd ULAW Audio Data
[Sound] audio/x-aiff aif aiff aifc AIFF Audio
[Sound] audio/x-wav wav WAV Audio
[Movie] video/mpeg mpeg mpg mpe MPEG Video
[Movie] video/quicktime qt mov Quicktime Video
[Movie] video/x-msvideo avi Microsoft Video
[Movie] video/x-sgi-movie movie SGI Video
[Generic] application/mac-binhex40 hqx Macintosh BinHex Archive
[Generic] application/x-stuffit sit Macintosh Archive
[Generic] application/x-zip-compressed zip Zip Compressed Data
[Generic] application/x-shar shar Unix Shell Archive
[Generic] application/x-tar tar Unix Tape Archive
[Generic] application/x-gtar gtar GNU Tape Archive
[Generic] application/x-cpio cpio Unix CPIO Archive
application/octet-stream exe bin Binary Executable
[Text] application/postscript ai eps ps Postscript Program
[Generic] application/x-csh csh C Shell Program
[Generic] application/x-sh sh Bourne Shell Program
[Generic] application/x-tcl tcl TCL Program
[Text] application/x-troff t tr roff TROFF Document
[Text] application/x-troff-me me TROFF Document
[Text] application/x-troff-ms ms TROFF Document
[Text] application/x-troff-man man Unix Manual Page
[Generic] encoding/x-compress Z Compressed Data
[Generic] encoding/x-gzip gz GNU Zip Compressed Data