On Tue, 13 Jul 1999 pbrown@redhat.com wrote:

> The whole kpanel menu discussion has brought into my mind another point
> that has been nagging me.  This is the .directory file issue.
> 
> Opinion: I don't think konqueror/kpanel should use .directory files at
> all. I think it should use some sort of database for this information
> instead. My reason is rather simple -- there are lots of times you can't
> write to a directory or other URL that you will be looking at and you
> still want to save the info / layout / whatever on that area.  Using
> .directory files sometimes and not other times is inconsistent and
> somewhat silly.
> 
> I propose that .directory files be eliminated and this meta-data (argh! I
> said the word!) be stored in a database instead. :)
> 
How? How would you do translations? ...

Greetings, Stephan