Re: New Wallpaper Properties Dialog

["Curtis C. Hovey" <sinzui cox net>]

On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 09:05, James Henstridge wrote:
> On 27/10/03 20:05, Xavier Bestel wrote:
> 
> >Le lun 27/10/2003 à 12:52, Jeff Waugh a écrit :
> >  
> >
> >>When choosing an image for wallpaper, it is unlikely that the user will care
> >>to give the image a special name, figure out its file size (particularly in
> >>K, I would understand having the size in dimensions, but even that seems
> >>like overkill), know what kind of image format it is, or even care what the
> >>file name is. Surely the primary use case is "go in, find something pretty
> >>and make it so", nothing more...?
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >And even then, all of this can be implemented using gnome-vfs' metadata.
> >No need to add Yet Another XML File.
> >  
> >
> gnome-vfs has a metadata API?

I think that has ceased to be.  GNOME 1.4/gnome-vfs had a metadata API
and I think it was used by Nautilus to litter directories with .metadata
files.  Nautilus's metafiles directory in .nautilus is a vestige of the
old metadata.

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