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--- file_kinds [2020/10/25 13:32] – ↷ Page moved from tool:software:file_kinds to file_kinds rjt
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 ===== Description =====
-Was always intrigued by these files. Used for describing contents of archive sand folders.
+Was always intrigued by these files. Used for describing contents of archives and directories.
   * FILE_ID.DIZ [[wp>FILE_ID.DIZ]]
-  * .NFO [[wp>.nfo]]
+  * .NFO [[wp>.nfo]] (See also [[kodi#Metadata|Kodi's weird version]], which contains [[XML]])
   * README, READ.ME, README.* [[wp>README]]
-===== Browser Extensions =====
+==== See Also ====
+  * https://archive.org/details/scenenotices
+  * https://textfiles.com/piracy/NFO/
+  * https://defacto2.net/
+===== Browser =====
 ==== .CRX ====
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   * https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Porting_a_Google_Chrome_extension
     * https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Temporary_Installation_in_Firefox
+==== Bookmarks ====
+In [[Firefox]] at least, bookmarks are exported and imported via [[HTML]] files with a ''NETSCAPE-Bookmark-file-1'' doctype. They still look like they're from the [[Netscape]] era, capitalised elements and all, and they're based around definition lists. This used to also be the way bookmarks were stored by the browser, but they now live in a database.
+Examples: [[https://gist.github.com/devster31/4e8c6548fd16ffb75c02e6f24e27f9b9|Firefox?]] [[https://gist.github.com/jgarber623/cdc8e2fa1cbcb6889872|Delicious]]
+If you just want to import a basic list of links you can use a simplified version like:
+<code html>
+<!DOCTYPE NETSCAPE-Bookmark-file-1>
+<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
+<dl>
+	<dt><a href="[URL1]"></a></dt>
+	<dt><a href="[URL2]"></a></dt>
+</dl>
+</code>
+On import these will be plopped into the top level of the 'Bookmarks Menu'. If you want to organise them a bit with folders you add a ''<dt>'' with an ''<h3>'' inside, and a sub ''<dl>''.
+<code html>
+<!DOCTYPE NETSCAPE-Bookmark-file-1>
+<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
+<dl>
+	<dt><h3>[folder]</h3></dt>
+	<dl>
+		<dt><a href="[URL]"></a></dt>
+	</dl>
+</dl>
+</code>
+You can give your links titles, add tags (''href'' attribute ''tags="[tag1], [tag2]"'' and other stuff if you want to get fancy.
+===See Also===
+  * [[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/internet-explorer/ie-developer/platform-apis/aa753582(v=vs.85)?redirectedfrom=MSDN]]
+  * [[tildegit>rjt/mastodon-bookmarks-convert-netscape]] - Script for converting list of URLs to Netscape format.
+===== Linux =====
+==== .desktop ====
+Desktop files are used to organise programs in the window manager's applications menu and/or launcher (in my case [[Rofi]]). They're basically the [[Linux]] equivalent of [[microsoft_windows|Windows']] shortcuts.
+In [[pcmanfm]] you can use .desktop files to define [[pcmanfm#Custom Actions]].
+Software should provide one, but if you need t ocreate your own, or customise one you can put them in ''~/.local/share/applications''.
+I have an example one in my ''/Templates'' directory that looks like this:
+<code ini>
+[Desktop Entry]
+Type=Application
+Version=1.0
+Name=Template
+GenericName=Desktop template
+Comment=
+Path=/path/to/software/
+Exec=executable.x86
+Icon=/path/to/icon.ico
+Terminal=false
+MimeType=
+Categories=Game;Utility;
+</code>
+There some notes on making ones for stuff you run through [[Wine]] on its page.
+  * Categories from the [[Freedesktop]] spec:
+    * [[https://specifications.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/apa.html|Main Categories]]
+    * [[https://specifications.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/apas02.html|Additional Categories]]
+    * [[https://specifications.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/apas03.html|Reserved Categories]]
+===== Music =====
+I've written a bit about messing with .M3U files on the [[plaintext]] page.
+===== Music Making =====
+[[Reaper]] uses standard .TXT files for saving and loading note names: 'MIDI note/CC name map'. Eg this one I made for the [[Korg ER-1]]:
+<code>
+# MIDI note/CC name map
+Crash
+Hi-Hat Open
+Audio In 2
+Audio In 1
+Hi-Hat Close
+Percussion Synth 4
+Percussion Synth 3
+H.Clap
+Percussion Synth 2
+Percussion Synth 1
+</code>
+It can load 'Instrument bank/program definition' files in the formats .REABANK and .INS, both are plaintext.
+.INS is used in other DAWs too, and looks like an .INI file.
+.REABANK is… very plain, syntax wise.
+==== See Also ====
+  * [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190124030019if_/http://tweakheadz.com:80/how-to-build-a-cakewalk-ins-file/|How to Write a Sonar Instrument Definition .ins file]] - Wayback Machine link.
+  * [[http://www.raisedbar.co.uk/InsDef.htm|What is an Instrument Definition File?]]
 ===== Programmy Stuffs =====
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 Mostly I use it to hide results from shit websites in [[duckduckgo]] searches, for example:
-<code>@-moz-document domain(duckduckgo.com) {
+<code css>
+@-moz-document domain(duckduckgo.com) {
 	/*	Hide reults from particular domains	*/
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 	}
-}</code>
+}
+</code>
-Otherwise I'm just blocking a few pesky ads., and making basic, Web1.0-like pages a bit easier t oread with different colours and line heights.
+Otherwise I'm just [[blocking|blocking]] a few pesky ads., and making basic, Web1.0-like pages a bit easier to read with different colours and line heights.
 //see -s-[[Firefox#Styling]] in the [[Firefox]] page.//
+===== See Also =====
+  * [[plaintext]]
+  * [[https://post.lurk.org/@entreprecariat/109761888739919564|What's the most annoying file extension?]] - Microblog thread.
+  * [[http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/|fileformats.archiveteam.org]] - The 'Just Solve the File Format Problem' wiki. AKA The File Formats wiki.
+{{tag>external-edit-only form guide software}}