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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: File manager useability concerns for KDE deployers (was Re: Bug#43093: KFileDialog should not us
From:       Eric Christopherson <rakko () charter ! net>
Date:       2002-05-31 0:49:19
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On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 11:42:07PM +0200, aleXXX wrote:
> > > > There is no functional equivalent to the \\\\\\\\server\\\\share
> > > > syntax for applications.  The state of non-KDE apps is even worse,
> > >
> ...
> >
> > why not try to integrate with the standard UNIX namespace?  What happens
> > when I drag an icon from the Floppy opened through devices to an XMMS
> > window in order to listen to an MP3?  Why should I as a user need to think
> 
> Yes, being able to use ioslaves from non-kde apps would be very cool.
> It is possible to write a gnome vfs modules which wraps all kde ioslaves, so 
> at least gnome apps would be able to use them too.
> And there was a mail about sync ioslaves some time ago. It implemented a 
> synchronous C api for ioslaves and a small lib, which could even be 
> preloaded, so that you were able to enter "ls /ioslaves/ftp://ftp.kde.org" in 
> your shell, and it should work. Of course this work was not perfectly 
> finished, but a starting point.

You could use something like uservfs (http://uservfs.sourceforge.net/) or
another user-space or another user-space filesystem to accomplish that.
Actually, hasn't that been discussed already (or maybe that was a different
list)?

I agree that the current implementation with .desktop files leaves a lot to
be desired. I haven't looked closely at the devices: ioslave yet, but it
sounds kinda cool. But yes, it would have the drawback of not working with
non-KDE apps.

-- 
Eric Christopherson, a.k.a. Contrarian Conlanger Rakko ^_^
 
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