Re: File manager tree.

[bob kehs ksd org]

That sounds like a good idea to me. Verry powerfull. :)

On Sun, 30 May 1999, Vlad Harchev wrote:

> On Sat, 29 May 1999, Miguel de Icaza wrote:
> 
> > 
> > > A trashcan is nice to some people but an anoyance to others. Could you
> > > make an option to disable/remove the trashcan? I find it anoying to have
> > > to delete something more than once. :)
> > 
> > The trashcan is going to be configurable.
> > 
> > Miguel.
> > 
> 
>  May be some configurable interface - ie ability to bind a script to the icon,
> so that script will recive 
>   the action as 1st parameter (it can be "copy", "move", "configure" )
>   and a list of urls (this will allow droping urls from NS)
> 
>  IMO we have to remember the power that scripts give us. If such interface
> will be allowed, then we can easily add a lot of icons to destop:
> 
>  trashcan
>  shreder (may be even using ext2's attributes)
>  printer
>  rpm installer (drag rpms and it will install them)
>  compressor  (may be using ext2's atributes)
>  ftp site (for putting files in some directory)
>  audio file player
>  picture viewer
>  etc..
>  
>  So IMO it's better to provide an ability to call user-written scripts
>  (and implement those scripts for such generic things like trashcan) rather
>  than going way of microsoft (providing no interfaces and weak support for
>  generic things, written in C).
> 
>  If you like these ideas, I can try to design interface in detail.
> 
>  Best regards,
>   -Vlad
>