Re: PATCH: use local path when dropping files onto icons

[Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com>]

On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, Frank Worsley wrote:

> > I prefer not to add that hack, since:
> > a) It could potentially breaks some app that only handles URIs.
> 
> I don't think that's the case, I tired it with a few apps.

Testing a few does not mean it won't happen though.
 
> > b) Having the hack means there is less chance of someone doing the work 
> > needed for the correct solution.
> 
> I'm on it and I've got it implemented for %f, %F, %u and %U. :)

You should probably be able to use, or at least steal code from 
gnome_desktop_item_launch in gnome-desktop, since it already implements a 
lot of this.

> In the case of %f and %F I only pass in the URIs that represent a local
> path. If any non-local URIs are included I display a message box to the
> user informing them that the drop target supports only local items and
> that they should manually copy the items to a local destination and then
> drop them again (in case of multiple items I still open the ones that
> were local). Is that acceptable or should I automatically copy the items
> to a temp folder and open them (as indicated by the desktop file spec)?

Showing a dialog sounds good.
 
> I personally don't think automatic copying is a very good idea since I
> might make changes to a file, save it and then assume the remote copy
> has been updated when in fact it hasn't. Of course I could display a
> message box letting the user know the item was automatically copied, but
> I could still see myself screwing up.
> 
> Also, I am not clear about the meaning of %d and %D in the spec:
> 
> %d - the directory of the file to open
> %D - a list of directories
> 
> Does this also include remote directories? Can %d and %f appear in an
> Exec string at the same time or are they mutually exclusive? I assumed
> %f, %F, %u, %U are all mutually exclusive. In case only %d appears and
> the user drags a file onto the launcher, do I display an error message
> to the user saying the drop target only supports directories, or do I
> strip the filename off the URI and use the basename as the parameter?

I know there has been a lot of discussion on the xfd-list about the exact 
semantics about the exec field. How to handle escaping and things like 
that.

Looking at the gnome-desktop code it seems to take %d to mean local 
directories. The escape strings are not mutually exclusive. For %d you're 
supposed to return the directory the file is in. I'm not sure what to do 
if the file is a directory itself.

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