[Patch] Usage of URL's filename to detect hidden files

Craig Drummond Craig.Drummond at gmx.net
Wed Mar 17 21:47:32 GMT 2004


> > When a font is "disabled" - made inactive, but not deleted - I simply
> > make it a hidden file. For the visible name I'm just using the font name
> > and adding "(Disabled)" - e.g. "Times New Roman (Disabled)"
>
> Hmm, then making the filename start with a dot is a hack :)

Well not really - the real file has to be hidden from fontconfig, and dot 
files are the unix way. Its just that to show to the user, the "(Disabled)" 
seems more friendly.

But, the original patch was to get KFileItem to look at the URL, surely that 
is a valid point?

Craig.




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