On Friday 31 May 2002 02:49, Eric Christopherson wrote:
> 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 think the only problem is that it isn't implemented yet ;-)

Bye
Alex
 
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