mimeopen should have a related *.desktop file

[kernc]

Please provide a FreeDesktop-compatible *.desktop file for mimeopen, declaring that it handles application/octet-stream files, e. g.:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Version=1.0
Name=mimeopen
GenericName=Open with default application
Comment=Mime-type and file extension-aware file opener
Exec=mimeopen -n %F
Icon=system-run
Terminal=false
MimeType=application/octet-stream

This makes mimeopen available to xdg-aware applications as a handler of application/octet-stream files (i.e. unknown binary files) which are commonly transmitted over the internet, even when their binary fingerprint is not really unknown, e.g. when they are compressed archives, ODT or PDF documents, multimedia files, ...

Currently, whenever one clicks a browser link that results in a file download, Firefox asks to save it (because the server, as is very common, sent Content-Type: application/octet-stream header for this exact reason – to force a download). However, one may not wish to save the file explicitly, but open it (implicitly saved to /tmp). Mimeopen does a splendid job of opening that (i.e. any) file.

Thanks!