added a more convenient version of wxFileType::GetOpenCommand()

[wxWidgets.git] / docs / latex / wx / mimetype.tex

diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/mimetype.tex b/docs/latex/wx/mimetype.tex
index 822e0a553cf51cb209965b5159a0c7127afc9b72..08278a980cc243e45b68b3cca331d05bfd6bfc2e 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/latex/wx/mimetype.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/mimetype.tex
@@ -19,9 +19,24 @@ additional functions
 \helpref{wxMimeTypesManager::ReadMimeTypes}{wxmimetypesmanagerreadmimetypes} are
 provided to load additional files.
 
+If GNOME or KDE desktop environment is installed, then wxMimeTypesManager 
+gathers MIME information from respective files (e.g. .kdelnk files under KDE).
+
 NB: Currently, wxMimeTypesManager is limited to reading MIME type information
 but it will support modifying it as well in the future versions.
 
+\wxheading{Global objects}
+
+Global instance of wxMimeTypesManager is always available. It is defined
+as follows:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+wxMimeTypesManager *wxTheMimeTypesManager;
+\end{verbatim}
+
+It is recommended to use this instance instead of creating your own because
+gathering MIME information may take quite a long on Unix systems.
+
 \wxheading{Derived from}
 
 No base class.
@@ -98,7 +113,7 @@ Destructor is not virtual, so this class should not be derived from.
 
 \func{void}{AddFallbacks}{\param{const wxFileTypeInfo *}{fallbacks}}
 
-This function may be used to provdie hard-wired fallbacks for the MIME types
+This function may be used to provide hard-wired fallbacks for the MIME types
 and extensions that might not be present in the system MIME database.
 
 % TODO
@@ -130,7 +145,7 @@ same as {\it wildcard} or if it has the same category and the subtype of
 {\it wildcard} is '*'. Note that the '*' wildcard is not allowed in
 {\it mimeType} itself.
 
-The comparaison don by this function is case insensitive so it is not
+The comparison don by this function is case insensitive so it is not
 necessary to convert the strings to the same case before calling it.
 
 \membersection{wxMimeTypesManager::ReadMailcap}\label{wxmimetypesmanagerreadmailcap}