Re: Custom names for volumes

[Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com>]

On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 07:28, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:
> Hi; I try to be quick. I'm using Nautilus 2.2.4 in Gentoo, and I'm very
> happy with it. However, there is something I would love to do.
> 
> In the desktop, if you want to mount a volume, you right-click on the
> desktop and select the desired volume in the sub-menu "Disks". If you
> can mount the CD or the floppy, the labels "CD-ROM" and "Floppy"
> appears. However, if you can mount any other thing (like "/mnt/usb" for
> my USB key drive, or "/mnt/burner" for my CD-RW), then the label is the
> name of the directory (without full path) that appears in /etc/fstab.
> 
> By means of a quick grep in the Nautilus source code, I found this:
> 
> static GHashTable *
> create_readable_mount_point_name_table (void)
> {
>         GHashTable *table;
>          
>         table = g_hash_table_new (g_str_hash, g_str_equal);
>          
>         /* Populate table with items we know localized names for. */
>         g_hash_table_insert (table, "floppy", _("Floppy"));
>         g_hash_table_insert (table, "cdrom", _("CD-ROM"));
>         g_hash_table_insert (table, "zip", _("Zip Drive"));
>          
>         return table;
> }
> 
> (libnautilus-private/nautilus-volume-monitor.c, lines 795-808)
> 
> I want to set up custom names for these volumes, like "USB Key Drive"
> and "CD-RW" or "CD Burner". Right now I just recompile Nautilus with my
> custom names; but I'm wondering if there is another way of doing it,
> like a configuration file or a gconf key that I can modify.
> 
> I know it's silly, but it would be cool ;)

The removable media UI is scheduled for a redesign. I'll take this into
consideration when working on it.

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