[Thunar-dev] Thunar Architecture (relations)

[nick rapp]

Biju Chacko wrote:

> 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.
>
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I agree, I think the plugin idea is best, that way if a user wants only 
basic properties thats what they get. If they want more they can have a 
module to give them more. There could easily be a module to include the 
extended metadata for files.
In fact maybe one should be included by default as I think Erik is right 
about it's theoretical importance.

Nick