<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Patryk Zawadzki a écrit : <blockquote cite="mid:89b6ba3a0808210258k5964749ard9cd3b83ea1d3f65@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 10:20 AM, Adrien BUSTANY <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:madcat@mymadcat.com"><madcat@mymadcat.com></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">I like the extended attributes too, they're clearly the cleanest way to store that information. In the case where extended attributes are not available, we cannot always use a hidden file in the folder, I'm thinking for example of a read only volume. In that case I think Dolphin fall backs to a central setting file, though I don't know the details. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> Central database comes at a price of an ever-growing file hidden somewhere in your filesystem. Also what happens if I try to save some settings for a CD or DVD? Does it remember the absolute path (bad) or the mountint point and relative path (equally bad) or does it try to get a GUID for the media (but not the drive as I can put the same disc into another drive at some later point in time)? I think supporting *saving* to read-only file systems is just not worth it (and can create confusion if people start complaining that they can customize the CD but it doesn't work when moved to another machine or that they can customize the looks but moving files around does not work). Just my 0.02 zloty (PLN). </pre> </blockquote> OK, let's forget the read only media for now then... The only downside I see with hidden files is the following usecase : Tom uses windows, and gives his usb key to Sally Sally plugs the usb key into her linux system, and changes some sorting properties. The file manager creates a .directory (or whatever it's called) file on the usb key. When Tom gets the usb key back, he sees lot of dot files, and doesn't know what they're about. I don't know if dot files are automatically marked as "hidden" in the FAT sense when using a FAT fs on Linux... How do we address that ? </body> </html>