Re: Patches improving tree view (multi-root and auto-follow)

[Jürg Billeter <j bitron ch>]

On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 16:32, Alexander Larsson wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 16:10, Jürg Billeter wrote:
> > On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 14:54, Alexander Larsson wrote:
> 
> > > * A way to add (and remove) custom treeview roots. One way would be by
> > > just DnDing a directory to the menu, but we also need to have an
> > > accessible/discoverable way in the menus.
> > Isn't there a way to get _all_ vfs modules or do we want really custom
> > roots which can lay anywhere in the filesystem? IMO that's not necessary
> > but I suppose there are ppl who would miss that.
> 
> We absolutely not want all the vfs modules as roots. Thats just crap.
> Most of them are seldom used for file-management (fonts:, preferences:
> etc), and many are useless as roots (e.g. ftp:, ssh:). However, adding
> your own uris is really useful. You can add for instance roots for
> remote shares you often use, much like mounting a disk letter in
> windows.
Agree, could be really nice if we find a very easy way to create/manage
the roots.

Jürg