-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 Jesse Ross wrote: > Yes -- this is basically what we're intending to do. In truth, > everything you manipulate within Etoile is just reference an object > within the flat object space, which allows you to have a file exist > in multiple places (just like you can give an email multiple tags > within Gmail, or a URL multiple tags within Del.icio.us). So nothing > is ever _really_ on the Desktop, as there is no Desktop directory > (there are no directories at all, in fact). > > J.
I think you people are trying to reinvent the wheel here - a UNIX filesystem already is a flat object space (except that instead of object the term "file" is used) and it does support file existence at multiple places (called links). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_link - -- Saso -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD4DBQFGINhgakxhuWWzY78RA9S9AJ4oMkAPZIYQeMxXtfg/+gu+PLdsvQCY+I3y ZIoQvIDv67G4ObtYPcS9Zw== =qsOy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Etoile-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/etoile-discuss
