Martin Rosenau wrote:
> Hello
>
> I wondered if there is any extension that allows inserting icons into
> executable files so the icons of the executable files are displayed the file
> system explorer (Nautilus, Konquerer,...) like it is done in MS Wind*ws.
> Searching in some forums I found out that such a feature does not exist and
> that many users are missing this feature.
>
> It would be very easy to define such a possibility (I already thaught about
> details) but developing such an extension makes only sense if the following
> conditions are given:
>
> - Many programs are using this extension
> - KDE and Gnome support this extension
>
> Do you think such an extension makes sense?
That sounds like a possible freedesktop.org standard, like the ones for
.desktop files, but not an X extension, since the file managers read the
filesystem directly, not via the X server.
-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
