From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Apr 29 14:40:52 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from cimlogic.com.au (cimlog.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.51.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A411D1527F for ; Thu, 29 Apr 1999 14:40:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jb@cimlogic.com.au) Received: (from jb@localhost) by cimlogic.com.au (8.9.1/8.9.1) id HAA02452; Fri, 30 Apr 1999 07:47:31 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from jb) From: John Birrell Message-Id: <199904292147.HAA02452@cimlogic.com.au> Subject: Re: Adding desktop support In-Reply-To: <19990429121126.B51491@mad> from Tim Vanderhoek at "Apr 29, 1999 12:11:26 pm" To: vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca (Tim Vanderhoek) Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 07:47:31 +1000 (EST) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL43 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Tim Vanderhoek wrote: > Icons are just as much a part of the file as the filename is a part of > the file. "The icon is the filename." (Did you hear that, everyone?) > > Whatever proposals are made in this thread, I don't expect any of them > to be implemented anytime this year. John Birrel needs an immediate > solution to his problem, and nothing more. What we need is a libicon > interface, and we should be arguing of the _definition_ of that > interface, not its implementation. I have implemented the solution. The demo program I posted was hacked out of that solution. The top level "Files" button is just one of many things (like installed packages, ports index, etc) that are browsable. I considered whether the underlying software should remain proprietary or whether I should contribute it to the project (under a BSD license). It doesn't _have_ to go into FreeBSD IMO - I just thought (and still think) that it is worthwile. -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/ CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message