Re: Translations of folder names - two proposals

[Jamie McCracken <jamiemcc blueyonder co uk>]

On Fri, 2004-12-10 at 13:27 -0500, Dave Ahlswede wrote:
>  
> 
> We need to be able to track on-disk moves and renames of a folder even
> if we don't use translated folders-- currently, a folder move loses all
> Nautilus' metadata (window size, zoom, etc) for that folder; A serious
> violation of the spatial metaphor.
> 

It also wastes space if you delete stuff too as the metadata in never
purged.

I've always wandered why the kernel couldn't just broadcast on Dbus or
something whenever such a file change occurs. DNotify and INOtify can
give notification but both require you to specify the files you want to
watch which is inefficient for a filesystem wide one (which we would
need to keep Nautilus' metadata in sync).

jamie.