From: Greg S. <gs...@fr...> - 2001-11-06 20:31:41
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On Tue, 6 Nov 2001 21:04:36 -0800, Francesco Bochicchio said: > > Just out of curiosity: what are current plans to add bookmarks to ROX-Filer? > Since this is the only major feature I miss (though I somehow bypassed > it with a 'Bookmarks' folder full of symlinks), I will gladly help on it, > if help is needed ( or just wait for it, if help is not needed :-). That's a neat idea (the symlink folder). That is, after all, the elegance of ROX-Filer. Everything should be easily done with the file system itself, right? Perhaps this is all ROX should do for bookmarks. Put them in a ~/Choices/Bookmarks folder (or file...as is done with globicons), and then ROX could simply use what is in that to create a fly-out menu, or simply open that directory from a context menu. This has the added benefit of using your file system, so hierarchies of bookmarks, etc, are already taken care of. All that is really needed is a context menu item added to the filer that 'sends' a selected item (or items) to the bookmarks folder. Ok...with that said...you really don't need bookmarks in ROX-Filer at all!!! Just write a little ROX-App that creates symlinks in the defined folder, and put that app in your ~/Choices/SendTo folder. Easily done in sh, bash, perl, etc. With all that said, I wouldn't really use this feature. Everything I frequently use is already put somewhere where I can get to it quickly. What WOULD be nice, however, is a way for ROX to remember, say, the last 10 things that were opened, and symlink them in 'bookmarks' folder, or place them in a fly-out context menu, or best yet, both. This isn't easily done through scripting, so DOES belong in the filer itself. Bookmarks, however, I believe are easily accomplished without putting them into the ROX-Filer code itself. I guess my thing is I like to extend ROX through scripting, so I'd prefer hooks into the filer to add or remove features at will as opposed to putting it all in the filer itself. comments? -- Greg Spath gs...@fr... http://freefall.homeip.net/ irc://freefall.homeip.net/%23mtb |