On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:44:13 +0200 Liviu Andronic <landronimirc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 4:01 AM, <tpgww@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Possible, but I wouldn't say likely. What happens when applied to something > > without any icon, say, a symlink ? > > > Blistering fast. Then I tried on zip archive, and it was slow (CPU > going 100%, and lot of HD reading, I believe). But then file.info on > just about any file was relatively fast. In other instances, perhaps > when kernel starts resorting to swap, I remember that file.info on > just about any file was badly slow. What about for a directory (that's a fairly-simple lookup of current icon theme) ? For items in general, it attempts to find a mime-type-specific icon in the current theme. I've never looked into just what that involves. Regards Tom -- Users can unsubscribe from the list by sending email to emelfm2-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field or by logging into the web interface.