[haiku-development] Re: tracker patch

I keep my desktop extremely sparse.  This idea came about when I was really
big into custom wallpapers.  My current desktop has only the boot drive, my
home folder, a link to my development folder and the trash.  Since all these
icons are custom I don't need to see the text.  I guess I feel it clutters
it up.  The only change to this I would make is to add tool tips for when
multiple files have similar icons.  Your question is why I set it default to
true.  That way it is only there if someone wants it.

PS One other patch I have is also a superficial change to Deskbar.  It adds
what I call an end cap to the running apps list.  It was my fist attempt at
hacking deskbar.  I was hoping to expand it into a shelf for replicants, but
I know that Haiku is heading down a different road so I've held off.

On 5/25/07, Axel Dörfler <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


mike@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>       The attached patch adds an option to tracker to turn off the icon
> text on
> the desktop.  I hope it will be accepted.

While the patch itself looks good (only a minor coding style issue in
line 151/152), and you've found the right places for your changes
(which isn't always that simple in Tracker), I don't quite understand
the purpose of this patch, to be honest.
Why would anyone ever want to remove the text from all icons on his
desktop (or you in this case :-))?

> if this is the wrong place for these types of patches please let me
> know.
> I have some more but wanted to send a "test" one first.

No, it's fine to post them here.

Bye,
   Axel.

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