[Portland] xdg_vfs_gnome command line client

Dan Kegel dank at kegel.com
Wed May 31 08:08:52 PDT 2006


On 5/31/06, Jeremy White <jwhite at codeweavers.com> wrote:
> Whoa.
>
> Wait, this all seems like a bad idea to me.
>
> The concept of xdg-utils, in my mind at least, is that every function
> it provides is an abstract desktop environment independent function.
>
> The whole *point* of xdg-utils is that I don't want to know
> the inner details of gnome vfs.

Agreed.  nf2, would it make sense to merge the two to have a common commandline
interface and accept identical input?  i.e. to make them both implement
a common "xdg-vfs" command syntax and semantics?  We want to hide
the differences between desktops, not accentuate them.
- Dan


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