From: Jonathan Gordon <jdgordy_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 00:13:41 +1000

On 26 May 2010 23:58, 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.
>
> We could also do without links by "mounting" directly, e.g. basically a
> <microSD1> "drive" for $HOME (with another name of course).
>
> Best regards.
>

I tihnk RaaA should use the current directory as / (unless a root
option is given on the command line). being able to mount virtual
drives from command line args would be nice also.
Received on 2010-05-26