Jeff Waugh wrote: > > <quote who="Liam Quin"> > > > The original question seems to me perfectly reasonable. SGI had a go > > at this with their file manager in IRIX too. > > A crucial part of this was discussed on gnome-hackers recently, regarding ~ > being used as the Nautilus desktop. Issues raised included the common > directories that are non-dotfiles in ~, such as Mail, Maildir, Nautilus, > Evolution, public_html, etc. > > If anyone has further experience from other desktop systems that do this (or > specifically *don't*), please fill us in. > > [ The argument on gnome-hackers petered out, with most of the 'hacker types' > saying it was a bad idea, the 'userey types' liking it, and a few 'in > between' types wondering what would be done with the special directories. ] > It would seem that the gnome-desktop would be the place to start, surely the virtual directory exists in a form already, with the device and home icons on the desktop. The virtual file system could be simply an extension of the .gnome_desktop, and in any case, should not in any way contradict the desktop. I consider myself a "hacker", having pieced together my gnome from source on top of an twice upgraded slackware, but I support real world users, and find that I have to place everything they need one or two clicks away from the desktop, else they will not be able to find it. -- Dominic Amann, <http://www.interlog.com/~damann/> Linux Based Solutions Ltd., 18 Candlewood Cr, Toronto, ON M3J 1G8 Tel: (416) 638-8649 Fax: (416) 630-1584
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