-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Fergal Daly wrote: >... >>>> On Sun, Jan 27, 2008 at 02:01:56AM +0000, Fergal Daly wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Seems like you could achieve much the same thing by having command >>>>> (let's call it "o" for open so it's nice and short) that checks the >>>>> mime-type of it's argument and opens it according to user preferences. >... > 5 "open" seems to be the obvious name for such a tool. It was the > first thing I tried, it's what's left when you remove "gnome-" from > "gnome-open", it's the verb that appears under every File menu I've > ever seen. It seems quite discoverable.
FWIW, it's also what Darwin uses (and NextStep before it used) for the same purpose. <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/open.1.html> Whatever the word chosen, I think prepending "gnome-", "xdg-", or anything like that is exposing an irrelevant implementation detail. Cheers - -- Matthew Paul Thomas http://mpt.net.nz/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHnaOv6PUxNfU6ecoRAnsHAKDAJ89DVveCmwnUkN9ql4ynHN9RQACfb8gX pgGejz2Q/j7gyp/ElqtRlj8= =hAaC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
