On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 09:54:52 +0900 Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman)
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 23:31:04 +0100 Christian Walther
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> 
> > The "AppDirs" I know are pretty simple, firstly there is a file
> > called .DirIcon which contains a small Icon that is displayed
> > instead of a simple Directory-Icon. Upon double click this
> > directory is scanned for an executable file called "AppRun". If it
> > doesn't exist, the directory is just opened like any other normal
> > directory, if it exists the file is executed instead.
> > Any drag'n'drop operation to this directory will execute AppRun too,
> > but will give the pathname of the dragged item as argument.
> > Optionally there is an "AppInfo.xml" found in such a directory that
> > can be used to display information about the app, such as author,
> > version number, homepage and a very short description...
> 
> ok- but where's an EXAMPLE? like a package that uses it? even a brief
> spec?

ROX-filer is a package that uses it.  There is also 0-install that goes
with ROX-filer, a very interesting combination.

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