Re: Implementing Meta File information in Linux

Andrew Kohlsmith (akohlsmith@benshaw.com)
Tue, 08 Sep 1998 13:53:33 -0400


> I would suggest that to stick with Unix "script is an executable" idea,
> there should be some way to embed an icon in a script too, if this is
> the path taken. Obviously most times it would not be used, just perhaps
> by application distributors wanting their icon on the script.

Perhaps for script files just include them in the text-bitmap format
in a comment section? what is that, xpm? I can never remember...
but then you could have the icon in the script very easily, perhaps a
tag like

#<application/perl xpm icon section>
#001001001010010101010
#001011010101010101010
#...

like that? It would be "relatively" easy then to use applications to
change the icons, just rip it out of the elf section and replace it or
similarly do something with scripts?

Just a quick thought when I should be working. :-)

Andrew

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