Matt McClinch wrote: >>b) In the meantime, we can/will add a network browser (most probably >>based on avahi or howl, and using some SMB magic) to Thunar, that >>displays the available share and allows to mount them. > > I think avahi would be overkill for something as simple as this. It > seems to me that libsmbclient (which is part of samba) is all you really > need. Besides avoiding the need for extra dependencies, it's pretty > easy to use, especially when wrapped in a gobject, as demonstrated here: > http://filebox.vt.edu/users/mmcclinc/smblist/ > > Of course, libsmbclient also provides everything you need for building a > fully functional samba client (or, for that matter, a bare necessities > one) without the need for smbfs. It is good to use smbfs where > available, but it is also good to support smb without requiring the use > of smbfs.
We could use libsmbclient, tho that would limit us to SMB, and exclude NFS & Co. > Matt Benedikt _______________________________________________ Thunar-dev mailing list [email protected] http://foo-projects.org/mailman/listinfo/thunar-dev
