> > That would seem like it could save a lot of work/code duplication > > -- and would potentially give you the back-end support for the > > various fs types that evfs already supports.. and also provide > > back-end support for things like the "trash can" - something that > > e17 will eventually want. > > understood - but it wont save anything :)
It won't save you from having to write all the file-system back-end stuff needed for these kinds of things? Ummmm... that's somewhat odd. > > You could even define new .desktop file types, namely types > > like say "vfs:some-protocol", which would provide a url as a > > target. Clicking on such an icon would then use evfs to read that > > target and the associated e17 module-plugin would display/handle > > it accordingly. > > > > This would effectively give the desktop-shell (e17) much the > > same capability as certain file-managers, except that the primary > > interfacing is done initially via desktop icons. > > eventually- evfs is targetted for e18 :) Ahhh... well, that's a different story altogether. :) jose. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel