[openbeos] Re: clipboard, etc

Jonas Sundström wrote on Sat, 29 Jan 2005 00:09:10 +0100 CET:
> Interesting, but as you know my reason for wanting to combine
> them is to have fewer "groups" of tiny commands floating around.

I was thinking about solving that problem by changing the file system.  I would 
make indices and queries visible as regular file system "directories" and 
attributes as files themselves (that fildirute stuff).  I got as far as making 
indices appear as virtual directories full of symbolic links in 
AGMSRAMFileSystem, but didn't let you create new ones using ordinary directory 
operations.

For that matter, all those attribute manipulation API calls are just about the 
same as the file manipulation ones.  Besides cutting down on utility programs, 
fildirute file systems would also cut down on the number of APIs.

- Alex

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