Re: file extensions - vfs, file types (methods, context menu, icons, properties)

[Miguel de Icaza <miguel nuclecu unam mx>]

> VFS: Can gnome apps use VFS' transparently or "fairly" transparently?

yes.  But the VFS has not been integrated into the build process.  I
was telling Tom that I should probably make the vfs library part of
the gnome-libs distribution (by making a virtual module link).

> File Methods: Can gnome apps call/set/enumerate actions for a file type,
> create/enum file types?

The file manager can, but there is no library that does this.  The
author of lightspeed and I want to work on making a general library to
do this.  Reusing parts of the file manager.

> Context Menus: Can gnome apps add/enum actions in the context "Right Mouse"
> menu for a file type?

In the file manager, yes, you can do this.

> Icons: Is there a way gnome apps can set/get the default icon for a file
> type, or extract icon from a file?

not yet,  but part of the new library will deal with this.

> Property sheet: Is there a uniform interface for file object properties? The
> first page should contain "properties" that are common to all objects (such
> as file name, permission, last access dates, etc). (It would be a waste if
> every file type would have to design and create this page.)

It has been placed in gnome-libs now.  We used to have a file-manager
specific thing that did this (and has an API pretty much like the one
you suggest).  Do you think we should make this available for every
application to use?

miguel.