Yeah almost. Still brewing a little. Give me a couple hours.
> On May 12, 2014, at 10:05 AM, Andrew Grieve <agri...@chromium.org> wrote: > > Now that email works again - Jesse, were you thinking of proposing a tweaks > API, or something different altogether. > New related bug here: > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-6670 > > >> On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 6:21 PM, Brian LeRoux <b...@brian.io> wrote: >> >> That is a very good point! I say it is good enough for now. Something to >> flag for our W3C friends to look at and consider in the spec. >> >> >> On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 1:43 PM, Andrew Grieve <agri...@chromium.org> >> wrote: >> >>> There are two types of config for file: >>> 1. You can do is disable parts of the filesystem (doubt anyone would do >>> this) >>> 2. You can switch where PERSISTENT filesystem maps to (sane place vs >> legacy >>> place) >>> >>> What's missing is a way to retrieve the paths that you might want. No >>> configuration required for this part. >>> >>> I'd like to avoid making the calls look like they are a part of the file >>> spec, so that users won't be tempted to think that it would work in a >>> non-Cordova environment. >>> >>> >>>> On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 1:47 PM, Brian LeRoux <b...@brian.io> wrote: >>>> >>>> This plugin is helpful though I can't help but wonder if we can't >>> shoehorn >>>> into specs (or at least provide spec feedback). >>>> >>>> Right now all config is done w/ config.xml instead of programmatic (?) >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 7:06 AM, Andrew Grieve <agri...@chromium.org> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Closer than ever to resolving this (woo!) >>>>> >>>>> The file plugin is now able to read & write to roots on the >> filesystem >>>>> beyond PERSISTENT and TEMPORARY on iOS, Android, and BlackBerry (and >>>> maybe >>>>> others?) >>>>> >>>>> However, you still can't query for the location of these places >> (doh!) >>>>> >>>>> There's a file-extras plugin in cordova-labs: >> https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cordova-labs.git;a=blob;f=file-extras/fileextras.js;h=1f8f88f7222bd4022f2f802f6825c189b10445d9;hb=aaf61d4 >>>>> >>>>> That was used to experiment with an API for this. I think the API is >>>> pretty >>>>> much fine, and I'd like to add it to the core file plugin rather than >>>> have >>>>> it as a separate plugin. >>>>> >>>>> This would add: >>>>> cordova.plugins.file.getDirectoryForPurpose(purpose, options, win, >>> fail) >>>>> >>>>> Where purpose can be one of: >>>>> var Purpose = { >>>>> 'data': 0, // General application data (default) >>>>> 'documents': 1, // Files that are meaningful to other >> applciations >>>>> (e.g. Office files) >>>>> 'cache': 2, // Temporary files that should survive app restarts >>>>> 'temp': 3, // Files that can should be deleted on app restarts >>>>> 'app-bundle': 4 // The application bundle (iOS only) >>>>> } >>>>> >>>>> And also add convenience wrappers: >>>>> cordova.plugins.file.getDataDirectory(syncable, win) >>>>> cordova.plugins.file.getDocumentsDirectory(win) >>>>> cordova.plugins.file.getTempDirectory(win) >>>>> cordova.plugins.file.getCacheDirectory(win) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Any comments on this? >>
