Version: 3.2.0 (using KDE 3.2.0, compiled sources) Compiler: gcc version 3.3.3 [FreeBSD] 20031106 OS: FreeBSD (i386) release 5.2-CURRENT Could something like a new option be added to menu View:ShowDetails:ExtAttr to allow the listing of one or more user specified Extended Attributes of the files? It could bring up a dialogue where the user specifies the name of the Attribute to be listed; or de-selects from a list of currently displayed Attributes.
You do know the "Info List View"?
I'm not a regular user of the Linux branch of technology so I do not know if Linux users are familiar with Extended Attributes? Just in case, I'll give a quick explanation of the tech. Background: It is a technology that the IBM people deployed on their OS/2 HPFS file system around 1992; it has since been used on systems like BeOS and Unix. Tech: Basicaly., it allows you to create any type of 'attribute' for any file; for example, you could create a 'URL Source' attribute which would hold a text string showing which URL it came from. Or you could decide to create an 'Author' attribute; or a 'Colour' one or anything you want. One of the advantages, is that this information then stays with the file even if you send it to somebody else, or re-organise your files; where as if you wrote that info into a separate database, the files vital info would be dependant upon remaining with that database. Another advantage is that some files systems have very high speed search capacity and so many 'database' like functions could become just simple file operations. For example, for a person who has to search the Net for rare and scatted information; the ability for each downloaded file to specify where it came from is a major time and resource saving. Note: using EA's does not affect the whole system, just the individual files written to, so apart from provison of a optional EA's system there should be no excess performance issue involved.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 6976 ***