Re: Gnome-VFS, computer: and mounting

[nf2 <nf2 scheinwelt at>]

Alexander Larsson wrote:
> > The problem is, that i should map the list of volumes into a generic 
> > "folder"  (It doesn't have to be "computer:"), because the Gnome-VFS 
> > volume manager API is just too specific. I think the "data-model" 
> > provided by libxdg-vfs should be as simple and flexible as possible, 
> > which means a "volume" might turn up anywhere in the directory structure 
> > of the VFS.
> >     
>
> If you use the real APIs to list volumes and drives
> (GnomeVFSVolumeManager) just like the computer:/// backend does you can
> handle this however you want. I'm sure this will all be hacky and stuff
> so you can support both KIO and gnome-vfs, but then I don't particularly
> think that bridging KIO and vfs by adding a third API is a good idea.
>
>   
Are there any better ideas to provide VFS access to cross-desktop 
applications and their file-choosers?

cheers,
Norbert