diff --git a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.subsystems.files.core/plugin.xml b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.subsystems.files.core/plugin.xml
index dcd35563013..5a233e055c1 100644
--- a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.subsystems.files.core/plugin.xml
+++ b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.subsystems.files.core/plugin.xml
@@ -1,20 +1,22 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<?eclipse version="3.0"?>
<!--
-    Copyright (c) 2002, 2009 IBM Corporation and others. All rights reserved.
-    This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the terms
-    of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution, and is 
-    available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
-    
-    Initial Contributors:
-    The following IBM employees contributed to the Remote System Explorer
-    component that contains this file: David McKnight, Kushal Munir, 
-    Michael Berger, David Dykstal, Phil Coulthard, Don Yantzi, Eric Simpson, 
-    Emily Bruner, Mazen Faraj, Adrian Storisteanu, Li Ding, and Kent Hawley.
-    
-    Contributors:
-    Anna Dushistova (MontaVista) - [227535] Avoid dependency on files.core
- -->
+<?eclipse version="3.0"?>
+<!--
+Copyright (c) 2006, 2009 IBM Corporation and others. All rights reserved.
+This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the terms
+of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution, and is 
+available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 
+Initial Contributors:
+The following IBM employees contributed to the Remote System Explorer
+component that contains this file: David McKnight, Kushal Munir, 
+Michael Berger, David Dykstal, Phil Coulthard, Don Yantzi, Eric Simpson, 
+Emily Bruner, Mazen Faraj, Adrian Storisteanu, Li Ding, and Kent Hawley.
+
+Contributors:
+Anna Dushistova (MontaVista) - [227535] Avoid dependency on files.core
+David McKnight   (IBM)  - [189353] More file patterns should transfer in text mode by default
+-->
+<?eclipse version="3.0"?>
 <plugin>
 <!-- ================================================================= -->
 <!-- 		Define Remote File Types extension point                   -->
@@ -33,30 +35,50 @@
   <remoteFileTypes extension="c" type="text"/>
   <remoteFileTypes extension="cc" type="text"/>
   <remoteFileTypes extension="class" type="binary"/>
+  <remoteFileTypes extension="classpath" type="text"/>
   <remoteFileTypes extension="com" type="binary"/>
   <remoteFileTypes extension="cpp" type="text"/>
   <remoteFileTypes extension="cvv" type="text"/>
+  <remoteFileTypes extension="cvsignore" type="text"/>
   <remoteFileTypes extension="dll" type="binary"/>
   <remoteFileTypes extension="doc" type="binary"/>
+  <remoteFileTypes extension="ecore" type="text"/>
+  <remoteFileTypes extension="emof" type="text"/>
   <remoteFileTypes extension="exe" type="binary"/>
+  <remoteFileTypes extension="exsd" type="text"/>
   <remoteFileTypes extension="gif" type="binary"/>
   <remoteFileTypes extension="h" type="text"/>
   <remoteFileTypes extension="hh" type="text"/>
+  <remoteFileTypes extension="history" type="text"/>
   <remoteFileTypes extension="hpp" type="text"/>
   <remoteFileTypes extension="ico" type="binary"/>
+  <remoteFileTypes extension="index" type="text"/>
   <remoteFileTypes extension="ini" type="text"/>
   <remoteFileTypes extension="jar" type="binary"/>
+  <remoteFileTypes extension="jardesc" type="text"/>
   <remoteFileTypes extension="java" type="text"/>
+  <remoteFileTypes extension="jpage" type="text"/>
   <remoteFileTypes extension="jpeg" type="binary"/>
   <remoteFileTypes extension="jpg" type="binary"/>
+  <remoteFileTypes extension="launch" type="text"/>
+  <remoteFileTypes extension="MF" type="text"/>
+  <remoteFileTypes extension="mxsd" type="text"/>
+  <remoteFileTypes extension="options" type="text"/>
   <remoteFileTypes extension="pdf" type="binary"/>
+  <remoteFileTypes extension="png" type="binary"/>
   <remoteFileTypes extension="ppt" type="binary"/>
+  <remoteFileTypes extension="prefs" type="text"/>
+  <remoteFileTypes extension="product" type="text"/>
+  <remoteFileTypes extension="project" type="text"/>
+  <remoteFileTypes extension="properties" type="text"/>
   <remoteFileTypes extension="so" type="binary"/>
+  <remoteFileTypes extension="sh" type="text"/>
   <remoteFileTypes extension="tif" type="binary"/>
   <remoteFileTypes extension="txt" type="text"/>
   <remoteFileTypes extension="xls" type="binary"/>
   <remoteFileTypes extension="xmi" type="binary"/>
   <remoteFileTypes extension="xml" type="binary"/>
+  <remoteFileTypes extension="xsl" type="binary"/>
   <remoteFileTypes extension="zip" type="binary"/>
 
 </extension>