Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 23:31:31 +1000 From: "Andrew Reilly" <andrew@lake.com.au> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net> Cc: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adding desktop support Message-ID: <19990428233131.A30171@gurney.reilly.home> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9904280908530.378-100000@picnic.mat.net>; from Chuck Robey on Wed, Apr 28, 1999 at 09:13:02AM -0400 References: <199904280647.QAA26783@cimlogic.com.au> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9904280908530.378-100000@picnic.mat.net>
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On Wed, Apr 28, 1999 at 09:13:02AM -0400, Chuck Robey wrote: > I like this idea a great deal. I've long wanted some way to attach data > to programs, so as to add some continuing state. This is a first step. I like the idea of adding data to programs, a bit. There were ways to do this before elf was invented, though. Applications already have images and icons in them, that's why the xpm file format looks like a C declaration. I really, really, don't like the idea of mutable state in an application (executable). There are reasons that I log in as me, and use executables owned by root, that I can't modify. > If there was a utility, that would allow a user to replace the default > icon with one of their own choosing (if they care), then that ought to > eliminate any other problems. If the user complains about the extra > data space, then they could replace the icon with a null value, right? > I don't see a downside. Everyone who uses a system, who wants to change the icon in an application has to make their own copy, and put it in their ~/bin directory? -- Andrew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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