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minus-squareCroquette@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoI am not familiar with MacOS, but that seems like a nightmare. What is the purpose of these files?
minus-squarevvv@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agothe macos file browser, Finder, lets you set a background for a folder, move file icons around to arbitrary positions, other shenanigans. in order for this to work across systems on removable storage media and network mounts, they have this.
minus-squareEddoWagt@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoWhy not make the file when a change is made like with windows desktop.ini files?
minus-squarefilcuk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoI don’t think the code is available for people to figure out whether there’s a reason or if it’s completely arbitrary.
minus-squareulterno@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-28 months agoYou’d want that, but a lot of programs do that, both in Windows and Linux. e.g. The .directory files with the [Desktop Entry] spec by freedesktop.org Dolphin has the option to enable/disable the feature
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minus-squareulterno@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoI have manually made .directory files (using a bash script) to set icons on folders. It feels good when programs let you know what they intend on doing.
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I am not familiar with MacOS, but that seems like a nightmare. What is the purpose of these files?
the macos file browser, Finder, lets you set a background for a folder, move file icons around to arbitrary positions, other shenanigans. in order for this to work across systems on removable storage media and network mounts, they have this.
Why not make the file when a change is made like with windows desktop.ini files?
I don’t think the code is available for people to figure out whether there’s a reason or if it’s completely arbitrary.
You’d want that, but a lot of programs do that, both in Windows and Linux.
e.g. The
.directoryfiles with the[Desktop Entry]spec by freedesktop.orgDolphin has the option to enable/disable the feature
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I have manually made
.directoryfiles (using a bash script) to set icons on folders.It feels good when programs let you know what they intend on doing.