[haiku-bugs] [Haiku] #11665: Viewing the package contents of any file in Tracker
- From: "humdinger" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 08:47:34 -0000
#11665: Viewing the package contents of any file in Tracker
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Reporter: humdinger | Owner: axeld
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: R1
Component: Applications/Tracker | Version: R1/Development
Keywords: | Blocked By:
Blocking: | Has a Patch: 0
Platform: All |
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This is hrev48567.
On the haikuports list (sadly without archive currently: "[HaikuPorts-
devs] Installation directories"), there's a short discussion on install
locations of apps and all the files they come with (readmes,
documentation, libs, data, templates, localization files etc.).[[BR]]
Never mind, if you think apps and their files should be self-contained in
their folder in "apps" or sorted to various folders "apps", "data", "lib",
"documentation" etc, this might be a good idea to always get to any file
of a package:
Tracker's context menu could get a new top level item "Packaged in >" that
opens into a next level. At the top of that menu is the name of the
package that the file that's being examined is part of. Clicking that will
open the package in HaikuDepot. The rest of the context menu works like
drill-down-navigation in Tracker, i.e. you can navigate through the
package. The path to the examined file could be made italic, so you can
find it easier when it's tucked away deeply.
That way, you could e.g. easily right-click onto a program in the apps
folder and open its documentation/english/turtorials/index.html without
needing to know, where the documentation is: in the app's folder or in the
general documentation location. Or the other way around, opening from the
tutorial file the app itself.
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Ticket URL: <https://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/11665>
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