On 4/17/07, Sašo Kiselkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > Yen-Ju Chen wrote: > > On 4/16/07, Yen-Ju Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 4/16/07, Jesse Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> I'm not sure Workspace is a good choice because it overlaps with > >>>> 'Workspace' term used in other desktop environments which itself > >>>> overlaps with 'Project' term in Étoilé. So I think it may be a good > >>>> thing to find another name. That's why I decided to use 'Space' > >>>> rather than 'Workspace' when working on my prototype. > >>>> Aside of that, I personally like 'Outerspace' too. Any other opinions? > >>> Well, this _thing_ is basically the start of our file manager/object > >>> manager, which will eventually feature a prominant searching > >>> interface, like Spotlight. David had suggested the name Sieve, which > >>> I admit has grown on me. Space would also be okay. I also kind of > >>> liked the names Deck or Ensemble, although they don't get across the > >>> idea of searching. > >> Well, I name it OuterSpace because people seems to like "Space", > >> starting from OpenSpace.app. :) > >> > > > > I just realize if we use OpenSpace manager, > > there is no issue about file manager. > > It is very straight-forward to import it (only the part of file manager). > > It is by far a much better choice than OuterSpace.app and Space.app. > > So if Saso agrees with that, I would like to spend some time on it > > and see whether it can be worked out, > > Sure, go ahead.
Thank you. It will help a lot. > > > It can also probably serve as a prototype for "object manager", maybe. > > There are two things I hope to clear first. > > 1. I prefer to decompose the whole OpenSpace Manager into > > several smaller components for easy reuse. > > I haven't really look at the code, but I believe there are many things > > which can be shared, ex. by dock and trash can, and maybe more. > > Wel, I remember I used a fairly modular architecture in the approach, > but for the God of me, I don't remember its details anymore :-) It is, but I hope to integrate it with Etoile more. > > > 2. The license is not clear. > > Although I prefer BSD license, it is not my call. > > But I do hope that it can be LGPL mostly so that some parts of it > > can be converted into libraries without license issue > > while application part can stay in license Saso prefers. > > Used whichever you prefer. Then I will pick BSD for it. > > > It may not be a target for LiveCD 0.2, > > but in my own opinions, I cannot see a better choice for the future. > > > > Yen-Ju > > The main thing that OpenSpace Manager was falling short on is file > management - it is buggy and not 100% reliable, and I didn't finish it > off once I joined the Etoile project (as I pursued the idea of trying to > unify the coding powers of GNUstep dev people, not split them up). > Still, the file operation of OpenSpace is better than OuterSpace. :) As you said, I don't see the reason for me to write a similar stuff than spending time fix the old, but working one. I need to take a closer look at the code first. Thanx again. Yen-Ju > - -- > Saso > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFGJbyYakxhuWWzY78RAz8VAJ9DTUBW+gfhNTnZ86xS8u01wLmUWQCfaRKP > i2dBNPnUUXicqKVID5MK46s= > =MCbL > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Etoile-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/etoile-discuss > _______________________________________________ Etoile-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/etoile-discuss
