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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: [RaaA] Weekly status reportRe: [RaaA] Weekly status report
From: Maurus Cuelenaere <mcuelenaere_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 16:14:04 +0200 "Thomas Martitz" <thomas.martitz_at_student.HTW-Berlin.de> wrote: >Am 26.05.2010 01:00, schrieb Maurus Cuelenaere: >> Op 25-05-10 23:12, Peter D'Hoye schreef: >> >>> >>>> 1) I don't really see why you would want to limit the file browser to >>>> just a few dirs, rockbox has traditionally been about user freedom so >>>> i would suggest letting them browse the entire fs. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> On an mp3 player, your music probably sits in a /music/ location, but >>> on a PC or advanced mobile, it probably is a few levels deep before >>> your data begins. So having a way to set a 'virtual' root or folder >>> sounds good to me... >>> >>> For example, on my n900 it's /home/user/MyDocs/Data/Music (OK, the >>> /Data/ is an extra that could be dropped, but you get the point). And >>> nobody is interested in playing files located in /bin /boot /dev /etc ... >>> >> How about multiple "virtual" drives? >> Say, one which maps to $HOME (or some other, configurable, path) and one >> which maps to / for advanced users. >> >> This could be done by placing symlinks in `pwd` to $HOME and / without >> altering the current RB filesystem filtering behaviour (if on a >> UNIX-derivative/POSIX-compliant/..., WinNT-based with NTFS should >> support hardlinks). >> > >I think symlinks will always work no matter of what we do. The question >is what to show by default. >Have you tried hardlinks or windows links? I haven't to be honest so I >don't know if they work. I once tried hardlinks on Windows (not in a RB context), but I can't remember whether that was on a dir or on a file (POSIX only supports hardlinks on files IIRC). Anyway, I don't think Windows CE supports hardlinks and even if, most devices have their data files on a FAT partition I believe. >We could also do without links by "mounting" directly, e.g. basically a ><microSD1> "drive" for $HOME (with another name of course). Of course, but that would introduce extra code in RB (I was mentioning an "easy" solution). Now thinking about it a bit more, Android also has its user data on a FAT partition so symlinks wouldn't work either. So you're pretty much forced to emulate the behaviour in the RB filesystem code. -- Maurus CuelenaereReceived on 2010-05-26 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |