Hi and thanks. I think being KDE only would be a problem. Are .directory files specifict to it? And is there any doco available for it?
Could be a good starting point though. To clarify my goal; I want to associate folders with a special property (a .directory file, extension based mime type, etc), with a custom application (and icon handler). -K On 08/02/2011, at 7:40 PM, Stef Bon <stef...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, I'm building a construction which also requires/provides > information about a directory. > > for example: > > local.dev.cdrom.audio > local.dev.cdrom.blank > local.dev.cdrom.dvd > local.dev.disk.ata.partition > > and > > local.map.home > > remote.net.smb.workgroup > remote.net.smb.server > remote.net.smb.share > > I've called them subtypes. Well what's in a name, but I've used the > name type already in the software I'm working on. > > Well according to Chris the pattern can be set like: > > > MimeType="inode/directory;role=remote.net.smb.workgroup" > > for a directory which represents a smb workgroup > > The only location I think this can be set on a per directory basis is > a .directory file, in this dir > > or in the map: > > ~/.kde/share/apps/dolphin/view_properties/%localpath/.directory > > > but this is KDE. And not .local/.config. > > Stef > > > > > 2011/2/8 Keith Poole <plat...@gmail.com>: >> Hi, >> >> The DVD folder was only an example, and I think there's many applications >> for this sort of functionality. The reason I'm asking about it is for a >> project I'm working on that requires something along those lines (FOSS Linux >> and Unix-like project). >> >> Do you think a magic pattern could be set to determine if it's a matching >> folder? Doesn't have to be an extension, could be a specific file inside the >> folder. >> >> Thanks >> >> >> >> On 08/02/2011, at 6:10 PM, Křištof Želechovski <giecr...@stegny.2a.pl> wrote: >> >>> Dnia wtorek, 8 lutego 2011 o 01:28:38 Keith Poole napisał(a): >>>> Hi Kristof. >>>> >>>> A good example of what I'm trying to do would be to allow *.DVD folders to >>>> open in a specified application as opposed to opening in the file browser. >>>> Of course the user may still want to browse the folder etc, hence my >>>> subclassing. >>>> >>>> MIME types may not be the way to do this, but I was hoping for a solution >>>> that was transparent to the file manager as much as possible. The last >>>> thing I want to do is go patching thunar, konq, nautilus, etc. >>>> >>> >>> Why would you want to change the handler application? A DVD holds tracks >>> that hold read-only file systems that can hold any data, and with a special >>> provision that some file systems within tracks allow you to "borrow" files >>> stored on previous tracks. So I guess that would be a set of numbered >>> tracks that the application would extract content from, wouldn’t it? I do >>> not think such an application would be particularly useful, but it is of >>> course up to you :-) >>> >>> However, have in mind that XDG tools are in a habit of looking *inside* >>> files to determine what they contain; the file name is only a hint. And >>> yes, the file manager should automatically match the view mode to the >>> perceived content if we want it to work just like Microsoft Windows >>> Explorer (which is, admit it, quite smart in most cases, although probably >>> not in the DVD case in particular — not that I can attest in either >>> direction because I never saw such a directory in my life). >>> >>> IMHO, >>> Chris >> _______________________________________________ >> xdg mailing list >> xdg@lists.freedesktop.org >> http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg >> _______________________________________________ xdg mailing list xdg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg
