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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: thoughts about network integration in KDE2, please read (was:
From:       Richard Moore <rich () ipso-facto ! freeserve ! co ! uk>
Date:       1999-12-02 15:16:27
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aleXXX wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 02 Dec 1999, Richard Moore wrote:
> > I think it might be better to write an ioslave that conceals the
> > server location stuff Alex is talking about. For example you could
> > have a kdelink file in the dir tree view that referenced this ioslave
> > (call it 'Network Neighbourhood'!) and provided a nice tree view
> > of the available servers/services without breaking the URL RFC. This
> > seems a much cleaner way to do it and for my money is a better model
> > for the user interface.
> Think this is what I wanted to say. :-)

:-)

> 
> And about the kdelink file (i.e. the tree view):
> of course it can be placed somewhere in the local fs, but where is a logical
> place ?

Well, the existing tree view uses kdelnk files for the top level group,
so I'd say there. It currently has links to /, ~, www.kde.org, ftp.kde.org
etc. - one more won't be a problem.

> And there can be more than one groups (workgroups).

These would be sub items generated by the list command of the ioslave.

> So I thought make it the same level as the local FS.
> So you would have local FS - remote FS.
> Seams clean to me.
> And a user knows if he accesses local stuff or remote stuff (otherwise he would
> always use file:// ).
> 
> Alex

Sounds ok to me.

Rich.
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