From: Guido S. <__g...@we...> - 2005-08-17 12:06:30
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I've noticed the subject line in ROX-Filer's changes. I'd like to know more about it. The one feature I'm lusting after, is the filer allowing to set columns in list-view to arbitrary EA's, instead of only the hard-coded standard attributes. Such that e.g. you could set the columns in ~/Contacts to email, phone number, address or whatever you like, turning the filer into a comfortable address book browser. The possibilities are endless. |
From: Stephen W. <st...@ke...> - 2005-08-17 17:21:49
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Guido Schimmels <__g...@we...> wrote: > > I've noticed the subject line in ROX-Filer's changes. > I'd like to know more about it. Previously the type was looked up by using xtype_get() which would use the appropriate implementation to read the user.mime_type attribute then parse the result to return a MIME type. I changed that so that it is split into two parts: xattr_get() which gets an arbitrary attribute using the appropriate implementation, and xtype_get() which calls xattr_get() for user.mime_type and parses the result. Similarly for xtype_set(). This just means that it is simpler to add support for other types, user.hidden for example, if you want to. > The one feature I'm lusting after, is the filer allowing to set columns in list-view to arbitrary > EA's, instead of only the hard-coded standard attributes. > Such that e.g. you could set the columns in ~/Contacts to email, phone number, address > or whatever you like, turning the filer into a comfortable address book browser. > The possibilities are endless. On that same subject, I am working (on and off, mainly off) on XAttr which views (and might one day set) a files extended attributes. There is a pre-release version at http://www.kerofin.demon.co.uk/rox/XAttr.tgz Incidently although the Linux implementation of extended attributes is limited to strings, the Solaris implemetation supports completely arbitrary data! -- Stephen Watson http://www.kerofin.demon.co.uk/ If you read this on a mailing list, send any reply back to the list and not to me. Not even CC. You would make a good dalek |