Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 20:45:46 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> Cc: darrylo@sr.hp.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adding desktop support (please don't) Message-ID: <3727C7DA.F08AD1B4@softweyr.com> References: <199904290035.UAA18606@lakes.dignus.com>
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This entire discussion seems to have skipped over an important concept:
is the icon an attribute of the executable, or an attribute of the
file manager? This is a point that is often missed, especially by the
microserfs in Redmond. I think the icons are more an attribute of the
file manager, they are a virtual view of the file rather than an
attribute of the file. The response that mentioned heir(7) was precisely
right; UNIX already has a way of handling this situation and we should
use and extend THAT appropriately.
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Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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