[Utopia] Re: we need a spec for handling mediums

[Kristof Vansant <de_lupus pandora be>]

so this will be the place then to put uri handling and medium type
handling?

On Sat, 2004-08-14 at 13:20, Avi Alkalay wrote:
> This is one of the purposes of a registry-like machanism.
> Gnome has GConf.
> KDE has KConfig.
> None is global.
> 
> Stuff like Linux Registry (http://registry.sf.net) or Uniconf are
> candidates to a definitive solution for this. Obviously a
> sepecification for things like the one you are proposing must be
> written, like "find the preferred CD-R writer program in key
> system/desktopGlobals/cdwriter or user/desktopGlobals/cdwriter".
> 
> Being a key, it can be read by everybody, and automatically and
> easilly changed by installation systems and configuration programs.
> 
> Regards,
> Avi
> 
> On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 14:43:26 +0000, Kristof Vansant <de_lupus pandora be> wrote:
> > I was thinking,
> > where can programme"s store that they can handle a surten medium.
> > I mean like gtoaster can register somewhere that it handles empty cdr
> > or xine that it handles DVD and SVCD.
> > 
> > projects like gvm can then use this to know with what program they
> > should use to read a dvd, cdr or svcd
> > 
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