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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: [Patch] #29984 Change file permission using octal numbers
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date:       2003-05-18 17:40:02
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On Sunday 18 May 2003 19:33, Michael Pye wrote:
> On Sunday 18 May 2003 6:06 pm, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> > If/when our mimetypes support Is-Also we can mark the corresponding
> > mimetypes as being "also application/x-executable" or something like
> > that.
>
> Still, there is the difference between "is set executable", "is a valid
> executable file" and "should be executable", no?
>
> We probably shouldn't (for example), have the GUI automatically set the
> executable bit on all files starting #!...

No, the idea would be to offer the user the checkbox for making files 
executable (chmod +x), but only if the file is actually a program. (e.g. 
starts with #!...)

Cheers,
Waldo
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