diff --git a/srcpkgs/ReText/files/ReText.desktop b/srcpkgs/ReText/files/ReText.desktop
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+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=ReText
+Comment=editor for Markdown and ReStructuredText markup languages
+Exec=retext %F
+Icon=retext
+Terminal=false
+Type=Application
+Categories=Office;
+MimeType=text/x-retext-markdown;text/x-retext-rst;
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ReText/files/x-retext-markdown.xml b/srcpkgs/ReText/files/x-retext-markdown.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<mime-info xmlns='http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/shared-mime-info'>
+	<mime-type type="text/x-retext-markdown">
+		<sub-class-of type="text/plain"/>
+		<comment>Markdown document</comment>
+		<glob pattern="*.md"/>
+		<glob pattern="*.mkd"/>
+		<glob pattern="*.mkdn"/>
+		<glob pattern="*.mdml"/>
+		<glob pattern="*.mdown"/>
+		<glob pattern="*.markdown"/>
+		<glob pattern="*.re"/>
+	</mime-type>
+</mime-info>
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ReText/files/x-retext-rst.xml b/srcpkgs/ReText/files/x-retext-rst.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<mime-info xmlns='http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/shared-mime-info'>
+	<mime-type type="text/x-retext-rst">
+		<sub-class-of type="text/plain"/>
+		<comment>reStructuredText document</comment>
+		<glob pattern="*.rst"/>
+		<glob pattern="*.rest"/>
+	</mime-type>
+</mime-info>
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ReText/template b/srcpkgs/ReText/template
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+# Template file for 'ReText'
+pkgname=ReText
+version=4.1.2
+revision=1
+build_style="python-module"
+python_versions="3"
+hostmakedepends="python3 ImageMagick"
+depends="python3-Markups python3-pyside python3-Markdown"
+short_desc="editor for Markdown markup languages"
+maintainer="Enno Boland <eb@s01.de>"
+noarch=yes
+license="GPL3"
+homepage="http://retext.sourceforge.net"
+distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/project/retext/ReText-${version%.*}/ReText-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=e85dfe33e46418d761ad817a3d0971e118f185646f82c158a7e69c0e8ab39541
+
+post_install() {
+	local icondir=usr/share/icons/hicolor
+
+	for size in 16 22 24 32 48 128; do
+		vmkdir $icondir/${size}x${size}/apps
+			convert -resize $size icons/retext.png $DESTDIR/$icondir/${size}x${size}/apps/$pkgname.png;
+	done
+	vmkdir $icondir/scalable/apps
+	vinstall icons/retext.svg 644 $icondir/scalable/apps
+
+	vinstall $FILESDIR/$pkgname.desktop 644 usr/share/applications
+	vmkdir usr/share/mime/packages
+	vcopy $FILESDIR/x-retext-*.xml usr/share/mime/packages
+}