[haiku-commits] Re: haiku: hrev47342 - src/kits/tracker
- From: pulkomandy <pulkomandy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 10:25:50 +0200
> > One might argue (as a few have on IRC) that this behavior should also
> > happen in spatial mode, but, this patch does not alter the behavior of
> > spatial mode.
>
> I think it does not make much sense in spatial mode. However, maybe it worth
> an
> option, as the pragmatic view might differ from the pure one :-)
I was one of the arguing people on IRC...
* Not doing anything, even if it's the pure view of spatial mode, is both
confusing and unpractical in these cases.
On the other hand:
* Opening the desktop in a window is a potentially destructive
operation. It would lead the user to press CMD+shift+K or something like
this to try to get a sensible layout icon in that window and locate the
file. But this can mess with the desktop layout
* It needs some tricks to make sure the window opens with reasonable
size and location, maybe does not use the default background, etc.
The pure spatial mode answer is that there should be no files on the
desktop, only volumes (matching the behavior of / in the FS hierarchy).
However, this definitely clashes with the pragmatic view.
As a result, I'm not happy with any of the solutions and I don't know
what to do.
--
Adrien.
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