diff -r 4bccb8dd0bbd -r 8e1cd7721515 Utilities/mimetypes.py
--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/Utilities/mimetypes.py Tue May 13 19:07:55 2014 +0200
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright (c) 2014 Detlev Offenbach <detlev@die-offenbachs.de>
+#
+
+"""
+Module implementing mimetype dependent functions.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import mimetypes
+
+TextMimeTypes = [
+ "application/bookmarks.xbel",
+ "application/opensearchdescription+xml",
+ "application/x-actionscript",
+ "application/x-actionscript3",
+ "application/x-awk",
+ "application/x-sh",
+ "application/x-shellscript",
+ "application/x-shell-session",
+ "application/x-dos-batch",
+ "application/x-befunge",
+ "application/x-brainfuck",
+ "application/x-javascript+cheetah",
+ "application/x-javascript+spitfire",
+ "application/x-cheetah",
+ "application/x-spitfire",
+ "application/xml+cheetah",
+ "application/xml+spitfire",
+ "application/x-clojure",
+ "application/x-coldfusion",
+ "application/x-cython",
+ "application/x-django-templating",
+ "application/x-jinja",
+ "application/xml-dtd",
+ "application/x-ecl",
+ "application/x-ruby-templating",
+ "application/x-evoque",
+ "application/xml+evoque",
+ "application/x-fantom",
+ "application/x-genshi",
+ "application/x-kid",
+ "application/x-genshi-text",
+ "application/x-gettext",
+ "application/x-troff",
+ "application/xhtml+xml",
+ "application/x-php",
+ "application/x-httpd-php",
+ "application/x-httpd-php3",
+ "application/x-httpd-php4",
+ "application/x-httpd-php5",
+ "application/x-hybris",
+ "application/x-javascript+django",
+ "application/x-javascript+jinja",
+ "application/x-javascript+ruby",
+ "application/x-javascript+genshi",
+ "application/javascript",
+ "application/x-javascript",
+ "application/x-javascript+php",
+ "application/x-javascript+smarty",
+ "application/json",
+ "application/x-jsp",
+ "application/x-julia",
+ "application/x-httpd-lasso",
+ "application/x-httpd-lasso[89]",
+ "application/x-httpd-lasso8",
+ "application/x-httpd-lasso9",
+ "application/x-javascript+lasso",
+ "application/xml+lasso",
+ "application/x-lua",
+ "application/x-javascript+mako",
+ "application/x-mako",
+ "application/xml+mako",
+ "application/x-gooddata-maql",
+ "application/x-mason",
+ "application/x-moonscript",
+ "application/x-javascript+myghty",
+ "application/x-myghty",
+ "application/xml+myghty",
+ "application/x-newlisp",
+ "application/x-openedge",
+ "application/x-perl",
+ "application/postscript",
+ "application/x-pypylog",
+ "application/x-python3",
+ "application/x-python",
+ "application/x-qml",
+ "application/x-racket",
+ "application/x-pygments-tokens",
+ "application/x-ruby",
+ "application/x-standardml",
+ "application/x-scheme",
+ "application/x-sh-session",
+ "application/x-smarty",
+ "application/x-ssp",
+ "application/x-tcl",
+ "application/x-csh",
+ "application/x-urbiscript",
+ "application/xml+velocity",
+ "application/xquery",
+ "application/xml+django",
+ "application/xml+jinja",
+ "application/xml+ruby",
+ "application/xml",
+ "application/rss+xml",
+ "application/atom+xml",
+ "application/xml+php",
+ "application/xml+smarty",
+ "application/xsl+xml",
+ "application/xslt+xml",
+
+ "image/svg+xml",
+]
+
+
+def isTextFile(filename):
+ """
+ Function to test, if the given file is a text (i.e. editable) file.
+
+ @param filename name of the file to be checked (string)
+ @return flag indicating an editable file (boolean)
+ """
+ type_ = mimetypes.guess_type(filename)[0]
+ if (type_ is None or
+ type_.split("/")[0] == "text" or
+ type_ in TextMimeTypes):
+ return True
+ else:
+ return False
