Re: linux-kernel-digest V1 #2514
G. Gregory (ggregory@bitbox.co.uk)
Wed, 9 Sep 1998 09:48:25 +0100 (British Summer Time)
> Subject: Re: Implementing Meta File information in Linux
>
> On Tue, Sep 08, 1998 at 01:53:33PM -0400, Andrew Kohlsmith wrote:
> > #<application/perl xpm icon section>
> > #001001001010010101010
> > #001011010101010101010
> > #...
>
> No it has to be an XPM, we don't do mono icons these days ;-)
> And at the end would might make more sense.
>
The amiga OS style with icons going in filename.info would make more
sense for the current linux system. Make it .<filename>.info to
hide them from most X file managers. Make them a multi hunked
format like IFF and you have all the metadata you can handle.
Graeme
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