On 2/26/07, Alexander Larsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 2007-02-24 at 14:18 +0100, Nikolai Weibull wrote: > > On 2/24/07, Hans Petter Jansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 10:56 +0100, Alexander Larsson wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2007-02-22 at 17:44 -0600, Hans Petter Jansson wrote: > > > > > > > > So I guess our default would be ~/.local/share/vfs/ ? > > > > > > > XDG_DATA_HOME is basically the user-specific version of /usr/share/. You > > > > don't mount your stuff in /usr/share. > > > > > > > > Its not only weird, its a pretty bad idea. Eventually such a pathname > > > > will show up in the ui (say in the file selector) and the user will > > > > navigate to ~/.local/share which is supposed to be a hidden directory > > > > for application data. (It contains things like user-specific > > > > mime-application mappings and mime additions.) > > > > > > I agree with you, but I'd like to hear Nikolai's take on it too. > > > > I agree with both of you. > > > > Perhaps we need another variable in the specification mentioned, such > > as XDG_MOUNT_HOME that defaults to ~/.local/mount or similar. > > I really think we should default to something directly in ~/ so that an > "up" operation doesn't get you to some weird hidden place. However, > honoring an env var sounds ok. (Of course, there is the risk that all > apps won't be honoring the env var.)
Well, can't the location of the directory be hidden in the interface? That is, provide a "Mounts" icon/location in the file dialogs / nautilus and let "up" from there take you to ~/ whatever the actual location of the directory may be. And for the second concern, any applications not honoring the environment variable would be considered broken. nikolai _______________________________________________ gtk-devel-list mailing list gtk-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-devel-list
