[haiku-development] Re: Adding RDEFs to non-binary files
- From: pete.goodeve@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 11:29:49 -0800
On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 03:56:03PM +0100, PulkoMandy wrote:
> > I see. What about Xicon, then? Pete, would you care to donate the source
> code for integration with Haiku?
I'd be delighted to (:-)) The source code is in the current package anyway,
freely distributable.
>
> No need for that, we can just make a package.
I've actually always hoped it could become part of the core distribution,
so it would be immediately available to anyone.
It probably also could do with a bit better integration. I've always felt
that the need for each script to have a FILE_TYPES attribute (normally
'application/octet-stream') depends too much on how the Tracker
"happens" to work. And it would be nice to be able to adjust the
attribute to specify the actual filetypes the script is interested in.
In theory this could be done now, but it would involve the same hassle
that Augustin has just been through!
Not sure what would actualy be involved, but I'd think the xicon functions
could be completely integrated into Tracker, with some extended utility
to convert a shell script into a xicon one. Also Ingo's suggestion that a
click could invoke a command line instead of an app would be useful where
many files (like .jars) need the same action without an individual script
being associated.
-- Pete --
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