On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 19:26:37 +0800 Wei Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi, > > We now have system level `update-alternatives' mechanism that can be > used by root to maintain symbol links in `/etc/alternatives'. Is it > useful/interesting to extend its use to user level, i.e. to maintain > similar symbol links in `~/bin' or something like > `~/bin/alternatives'? Or does that already exist? I personally think > it can be useful, because I currently do that manually. An alternative (if you'll pardon the pun) is to use sensible-browser, sensible-editor, and sensible-pager from the debianutils package. Those consult environment variables to determine which corresponding application to launch. It is easy to imaging extending that approach to other cases where similar functionality is offered by two or more applications. -- Liam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
