The mail server here at work has been down for ages (that's micro$oft
for you), so I don't know if anything else was said in reply to my
original post. If so, could you please resend it on to me.
Ta,
Chris
Brian K. White wrote:
>
> Chris Mellish wrote:
> >
> > Raster wrote:
> > >
> > > this has nothing to do wiht E - it manages windows.. not files - its up
> > > to the app to determine how it saves stuff - E cant change this.
> > >
> >
> > But E can provide a common interface for enlightened applications for
> > allowing the saving of files by dragging an icon to a filer window. The
> > Risc-OS system caters for this by providing a communications interface
> > between applications so that when an icon is dragged from one
> > application to another, the two applications can then communicate with
> > each other and transfer data (including path names for a filer system so
> > the application knows where to save, or for a RAM transfer of data
> > between programs).
>
> Is or is not the Offix DnD protocol up to this? I really am just asking, I
> don't know,I've never looked closely enough at it to add it to a program.
> I just know that it's probably the mostused dnd sceme in Linux, and it's
> supposed to be easy to add to a preexisting program. I know it accepts and
> delivers filename, but not sure about data. I can't see why the data should
> be a problem though. Now E isn't just for Linux, but neither is Offix.
>
> ...what? another library? Sure!
>
> >
> > That, I suppose, could be built into E?
> >
> > Then an enlightened filer could be written by a 3rd party if need be
> > which would complete the whole thing, and could even be bundled in the E
> > distribution.
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