On Tue, 2003-03-04 at 00:27, Bastien Nocera wrote: > Heya, > > Is there any way to hide some files in Nautilus other than by using the > Unix "the first character of the name is a dot" semantic ? > > I'd like to hide the "iPod_Control" directory of my iPod. MacOS X hides > it properly (it's where the songs are stored, and doesn't present much > interest on its own). > > I would probably also use that to hide directories in my home. > > Would adding some bits to GnomeVFSFileFlags be the way to go (along with > fixing the different modules, obviously) ? > > And we could add the metadata bits to Nautilus on top of that > (nautilus_file_[gs]et_metadata). Hmm... could the same metadata could be used to implement "hide this icon" on the desktop? Oh, and a l33t dude could somehow figure out how to read the "hidden" flag from a mounted FAT filesystem too... Ross -- Ross Burton Software Engineer OneEighty Software Ltd Tel: +44 20 8680 8712 Cygnet House Fax: +44 20 8680 8453 12-14 Sydenham Road r burton 180sw com Croydon, Surrey CR9 2ET, UK http://www.180sw.com./ ==================================================================== Under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Act 2000 together with any and all Regulations in force pursuant to the Act OneEighty Software Ltd reserves the right to monitor any or all incoming or outgoing communications as provided for under the Act
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