Re: new module: gnome-volume-manager

[Robert Love <rml ximian com>]

On Tue, 2004-01-13 at 14:38, Sean Middleditch wrote:

> Are there plans to get the list of apps to be launched on media mount to
> be... well, not defined as raw paths?  Something like the file type
> Preferred Applications, only not sucking?  I suppose either .desktop
> file entries specifying devices the app handles could be used, or some
> kind of specialized .desktop file (put it in /usr/share/devices/ or
> something) would work.  It's a shame if users have to know about paths
> if they want to setup that new whiz-bang-gee-boy kinda media app for
> handling CDs or whatnot.  ~,^

.desktop entries are the way to go.

I don't currently plan to do it, but I'd be happy to switch
gnome-volume-properties over to it if the infrastructure is there.

Best,

	Robert Love