open file in directory action

[Hans de Goede]

Hi,

On 04/21/2013 10:54 PM, Aleksei Lissitsin wrote:
> Please also see this post
> http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xdg/2011-September/012060.html
> and subsequent discussion on the issue.

Thanks for pointing out that thread!

That threads talks about a d-bus interface, which seems unnatural
to me, since for all other kind of open actions, we use mime-types ->
application logic. As discussed in that thread, the dbus interface
idea adds nothing that allows the user to specify which file-manager
he wants to use (similar to how the user can select a preferred browser
and a preferred mail client).

To me the d-bus interface feels like look we've got this hammer called
d-bus, and that looks like it might be a nail, so lets hammer it.

Besides that d-bus does not seem to be the right tool for this, and
does not allow a user to easily choose between multiple implementations
of the same interface, it seems that the thread you reference also never
reached any sort of conclusion.

Regards,

Hans