On Thu, 2007-02-22 at 13:44 +0100, Frederic Crozat wrote: > -give users predefined directories in their home to store their data : > Download, Documents, Music, Pictures and Video (this is newbie > oriented). > -allow quick access to these directories from the various file selectors > (GNOME, KDE) > -allow those directories to be distinguished when using file manager > (nautilus, konqueror) with a different icon, but handled as standard > directories > -only display localized names in the UI > -be able to access those directories now or in the future using scripts > without too much trouble even if they are localized. > -if users choose to delete these directories, they should not come back > or be displayed in any UI anymore > -if possible, applications save/load difectories should be using those > directories by default.
Sounds like sensible goals. And i think my approach caters well to them. > To try to fix some problems, we changed implementation : > -at first login, a directory called ~/.mdk-folders is created > -we create real directories with localized name on disk in $HOME and we > create symlink in ~/.mdk-folders to those directories, symlink name > being the english name (easier scripting if needed) > -we create .desktop file in ~/.mdk-folders pointing to those directories > -we add .directory file in the created directories, allowing konqueror > to display a nice icon for those directories (unfortunately, it can't be > done in nautilus and shouldn't, it adds performance penalty too). > -we patched KDE file selector to search for .desktop file in > ~/.mdk-folders and add them as shortcuts in file selector > -we add those .desktop file in ~/.gtk-bookmarks Several people have proposed using symlinks like this. It certainly makes it very easy to use from a shell. However, there is imho a clear risk that such filenames (like ~/.mdk-folders/.desktop/) escape to the user in an unresolved form and end up exposing internal implementation details in e.g. the file chooser. Thats why I avoided them in my version. For the nautilus part, i think it will be faster if we map it the other way. I.E. not for each directory read a file, but just read the directory config file once and match directory filenames with that. > -encoding : for our (Mandriva) solution, since we hadn't switched to all > locales to UTF-8 at that time, we were using charset from current locale > (using "locale charmap") Ok. I'll try to add this. > -set of directories : here is our own list : documents, download, music, > pictures, video so, photos->pictures (what Benedikt said too), and add video. Makes sense. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Alexander Larsson Red Hat, Inc [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] He's a benighted guitar-strumming astronaut looking for a cure to the poison coursing through his veins. She's a disco-crazy gypsy queen of the dead trying to make a difference in a man's world. They fight crime! _______________________________________________ xdg mailing list xdg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg