On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Kent Tenney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> > At present, a script button converts a non-shadowed file to a shadowed
> > file.  We could make the process of shadowing files more automatic.
> > For example, @shadow-thin and @shadow-file might create shadowed
> > private files in @thin or @file formats respectively.
>
> Sort of like the freedesktop thumbnails standard.
> http://people.freedesktop.org/~vuntz/thumbnail-spec-cache/index.html<http://people.freedesktop.org/%7Evuntz/thumbnail-spec-cache/index.html>
> http://people.freedesktop.org/~vuntz/thumbnail-spec-cache/thumbsave.html<http://people.freedesktop.org/%7Evuntz/thumbnail-spec-cache/thumbsave.html>
>
> When an image file is opened (by compliant apps), a file is created
> in the ~/.thumbnails tree. This convention of using 'companion' files
> has been proven to be very effective.


Something like that.  The details are different:

1. We have a place to put private shadow files: in the leo-shadow directory
of whatever directory contains the public file.

2. We needn't hash the file name: we can munge the name of the private file
in a more readable way.

But indeed, the idea is essentially the same: associating a "helper" file
with a "main" file.

Edward

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