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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: KDE improvement suggestions
From:       Uno Engborg <uno () webworks ! se>
Date:       2005-02-28 23:55:01
Message-ID: 4223AF55.30401 () webworks ! se
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Aaron J. Seigo wrote:

>On Sunday 27 February 2005 06:24, ziga@mail.ljudmila.org wrote:
>  
>
>>>On Sunday 27 February 2005 01:56, Marco Martin wrote:
>>>      
>>>
>>>>that is also the method used by nautilus for hiding files, so this would
>>>>also interoperable with gnome, that would be also nice
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>do you have a URL to the spec, or a description of the behaviour to
>>>offer?
>>>      
>>>
>>There is something about hidden files at
>>http://www.westwind.com/reference/OS-X/invisibles.html
>>    
>>
>
>yes, the OS X way of doing it; i was wondering about how _nautilus_ did it... 
>google apparently says nautilus also uses .hidden files (same as OS X). this 
>would be fairly trivial to add, really. but it feels a bit like blunt force 
>trauma: suddenly the listed items aren't visible to anyone in the GUI (though 
>the "show hidden files" setting could probably be set to override it easily 
>enough) ...
>
>but this still doesn't solve a few issues:
>
> o bookkeeping: which directories are visible, which aren't?
> o profiles: how do you make a directory/file invisible for one person(s) but 
>not another? in other words, how can we "kiosk" this?
>  
>
On the profiles issue:
Perhaps each user could have a .hidden file in his home directory that 
could contain what files should be hidden to him (specified with full path)
The file in the users home directory could override global .hidden files.

Regards
Uno Engborg

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