Hello!
u-c...@aetey.se has written on Thursday, 7 November, at 14:23:
>Having in mind the goal of keeping Lxde small I would suggest
>considering a compact one without any redundant features.
Well, we've completely lost point of discussion I've started. It is
not about implementation of data storage. It is about where to store data
about directory-related settings of pcmanfm. So far there are 3 variants:
1) the file '.directory' in the target folder;
2) the extended FS attributes of target folder;
3) the centralized storage somewhere inside homedir.
The centralized storage has few drawbacks:
1) it is application dependent - you cannot use setting made in pcmanfm
even by pcmanfm-qt, no tell about other applications;
2) it is environment dependent (due to different paths for different
environments) - settings made in LXDE are not known for LXDE-Qt;
3) settings are specific to the machine, you cannot share settings for
the same folder over your office or whatever;
4) settings will be reset after folder is renamed;
5) cannot set individual settings for two identical USB sticks, one of
which has videos and other has backup data, even if user strictly
wants to have them shown differently;
6) centralized storage will slowly grow in size.
Yes, it has bright sides too:
1) it can be used for read-only folders as well;
2) it isn't OS dependent;
3) it does not create any files in target folder.
Do you think those drawbacks aren't important for our users?
Well, about dual-handle settings I would like then to use approaches (1)
and (3) together: if file .directory already exists then use it, if not
then use own settings storage to keep settings. The approach (2) is not
portable while (1) and (3) are, you know.
With best regards.
Andriy.
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