[Xfce4-commits] r22552 - xarchiver/branches/xarchiver-psybsd/libxarchiver

[Benedikt Meurer]

Stephan Arts wrote:
>>You'll still need external archivers for formats not yet supported by
>>libarchive. I think a libxarchive is still a good idea, so other
>>applications can handle archives w/o having to implement the stuff
>>themselves (for example the thunar-sendto plugin could use libxarchiver
>>in the future).
> 
> I am thinking about using libthunar-vfs too, mainly because of the
> MIME-database support. Using MIME directly will result in a
> transparent interface for libarchive and the different archivers.
> 
> What do you think about this?

Use the mime database to figure out archive types or to determine the
type of files in an archive (and display an appropriate icon/comment)?

> Stephan

Benedikt