[Thunar-dev] Thunar Architecture (relations)

[Biju Chacko]

Erik Harrison wrote:
> 
> Honestly, I think it's pretty necessary. If I look at the properties
> on a file, I want to see the properties of the file, dammit. I don't
> want to see some limited subset of the file properties.
> 
> The world is larger than Linux and BSD - if I'm working with a bunch
> of files on Irix, I need to see the extended metadata - it's critical
> to operations of Irix, which is why it's core functionality on XFS.
> 
> A simple Key:Value viewer/editor for the properties dialog means that
> Thunar will already be there in six months when .desktop files or
> whatever system gets collapsed into file metadata (a pretty strong
> desire in the community).
> 
> Of course, while I think this is a pretty solid *need*, it may not be
> for 1.0 . . .

I think Auke's proposal for plugins probably is the best solution.

-- b