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[Josh Yelon <jyelon cs uiuc edu>]

nuke@bayside.net wrote:

> i don't think the idea of running an extra process (/bin/sh) for every
> Gnome program you want to run is such a smart idea. remember that things
> have to be very compact, and well written.

No need to.  If a gnome-aware file manager sees a link file, it can
interpret the file itself, bypassing /bin/sh.  But if you're not running
the fancy file manager, you can still use the links from a shell.

- Josh