Re: Feature request : samba support

On Fri, 2 Nov 2007 01:46:59 -0000
"Lepert, Guillaume" <guillaume.lepert07@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello,
> As far as I've seen, emelfm2 does not support samba, nor is such a feature in 
> the TODO list.
> Is there a particular reason ?
We simply assume that any place accessed via samba will be mounted somewhere, 
and so, able to be processed using the normal file-system mechanisms, or via 
FUSE if the OS supports that.

> Would it be a considerable effort ?
Probably not so much effort to collect and display lists of items, but a very 
big effort to intercept all file-system-related activities, decide if they need 
to be handled specially, and then do so properly where appropriate. I can state 
this with confidence, having looked into, and done some of the work for, 
supporting vfs operations generally. There are hundreds of things which need to 
be resolved and fixed, across much of the codebase. (Many of them are already 
well on the way, but officially, there's no commitment to support vfs 
operations, not least because there doesn't seem to be much interest among 
emelFM2 users. The biggest issue, by a large amount, is management of entered 
commands when the active directory can be anywhere/anything.)

> Would other people than me be interested in it ?
> I'm quite willing to *try* developping it if some knowledgable people would 
> be kind enough to assist me...
If you'd like to proceed, we'll give as much guidance as possible.

> Guillaume

Regards
Tom 


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