I've had the same problem, assign some properties to a directory, and then according to these properties, add for example a specific app in the right click menu.
For example, with a directory representing an unformatted disk, offer the partitionmanager as action. Or in a smb share, make the apps handle differently the caching of files. With KDE it looks as if a .directory file is the only place to give information what the map is/represents. And within this .directory file the miemtype is the only parameter for this purpose. Stef 2011/2/8 Keith Poole <plat...@gmail.com>: > 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
