Am 26.05.2010 01:00, schrieb Maurus Cuelenaere:
Op 25-05-10 23:12, Peter D'Hoye schreef:
1) I don't really see why you would want to limit the file browser to
just a few dirs, rockbox has traditionally been about user freedom so
i would suggest letting them browse the entire fs.
On an mp3 player, your music probably sits in a /music/ location, but
on a PC or advanced mobile, it probably is a few levels deep before
your data begins. So having a way to set a 'virtual' root or folder
sounds good to me...
For example, on my n900 it's /home/user/MyDocs/Data/Music (OK, the
/Data/ is an extra that could be dropped, but you get the point). And
nobody is interested in playing files located in /bin /boot /dev /etc ...
How about multiple "virtual" drives?
Say, one which maps to $HOME (or some other, configurable, path) and one
which maps to / for advanced users.
This could be done by placing symlinks in `pwd` to $HOME and / without
altering the current RB filesystem filtering behaviour (if on a
UNIX-derivative/POSIX-compliant/..., WinNT-based with NTFS should
support hardlinks).
I think symlinks will always work no matter of what we do. The question
is what to show by default.
Have you tried hardlinks or windows links? I haven't to be honest so I
don't know if they work.
We could also do without links by "mounting" directly, e.g. basically a
<microSD1> "drive" for $HOME (with another name of course).
Best regards.
