Re: FTP inside mc

[Pavel Roskin <proski gnu org>]

On Sat, 20 Dec 2003, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 05:24:09PM -0500, Pavel Roskin wrote:
> > I think we should start with "pen and paper" and agree on the syntax
> > of VFS path, including options and ways to escape characters.
> >
> this topic was raised two (or more) times on the xdg-list
> (freedesktop.org) in the last few months. i think it would be a good
> idea if you cooperated with these guys on that. fwiw, i have no idea,
> whether something was actually written down already ...

I think you mean this:
http://www.redhat.com/archives/xdg-list/2003-September/thread.html#00110

I don't think any participation from mc developers would be welcome at
this stage.  It's a proposal for desktop environments and its designed to
be adopted by them.  What can mc developers contribute to that project?
Additional requirements (e.g. zip inside zip)?  Additional limitations (no
D-BUS dependency, please)?  Additional compatibility issues?

When the proposal is ready, it may be worth considering if it can be
implemented without adding too much complexity to the project.

What I want is a consistent description of what is already implemented in
mc, maybe with minor changes to address currently unresolved issues, such
as quoting "@" in the username.  Adopting a radically different format
would break existing hotlists.

-- 
Regards,
Pavel Roskin