Moving the logic to use .directory files into kio?

[Emmanuel Pescosta]

> In my understanding the only job of KIO is to provide access to a file
system,
> IOW it only works as "model" in terms of MVC.

KIO itself is "splitted" in core and widgets. So I think moving it into
KIO/widgets is ok.

> Didn't libkonq deal with .directory for both Dolphin and Konqueror before
KDE SC 4.6?
> How about reviving this approach?

As far as I know View Properties was never in libkonq. (Konqueror uses
Dolphin, which
uses the View Properties, but doesn't use the View Properties directly)

Cheers,
Emmanuel



2015-07-02 11:31 GMT+02:00 Alexander Potashev <aspotashev at gmail.com>:

>
> On Jul 2, 2015 12:04, "Emmanuel Pescosta" <emmanuelpescosta099 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > I wonder if we should attempt to factor all of this out and put
> > > it into KIO, so both Dolphin and FV could use it
> >
> > I like the idea :)
>
> In my understanding the only job of KIO is to provide access to a file
> system, IOW it only works as "model" in terms of MVC. The view settings
> belong to the "view" of MVC, the relevant code should be outside of KIO,
> may be in an upper-level library.
>
> Didn't libkonq deal with .directory for both Dolphin and Konqueror before
> KDE SC 4.6? How about reviving this approach?
>
> --
> Alexander Potashev
>
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