Is there any kind of system wide data type system in the works for linux (like the ones found in AmigaOS and BeOS). Such a mechanism would essentially eliminate the need for programs like c2p (by introducing modular translators) and be a very handy desktop functionality (drop this icon for that debian package onto LyX or whatever and the dataTypeManager kicks in and ask you if you want a TeX description of the stuff in the package). Sounds neat? I always wonder why so few OS'es implement such wonders.
/klasa
