On Monday 18 April 2005 22:54, Ljubomir Simin wrote: > It depends of what data types are you using often. And when you have acces > to win partitions it is very likely you will find a lot of exe's. If you point the filemanager to the program installation directories instead of the data directories. But even in this case I'd like to know which file is the executable and which is just a .ico file. > Sure, when you're working in krusader- or mc-style. But while 'just' > browsing filesystem its good to see its 'designed' icon. At the end, they > was not created for no reason - they indicate the apps' 'content' or > 'purpose'. Even if they don't work well under Linux. I think the icons embedded in windows exectuables are just program resources, so that Windows knows which icon to display in the window decoration or the application starter menu. As far as the file manager is concerned the file is an executable, maybe a windows executable. I don't think it would be good to disguise that fact by making it look like an image file. Hmm, maybe you want users to fall into that trap? Incidentally launch a program while they expect an image viewer or icon editor to load the "image"? > Anyway, all this is matter of a personal preferences. When someone make it, > it will be made. True, I already said in my first reply that there should be no technical problem with that, but I hope any implementor thinks about the security implications and leaves enough visual clue what the file in question actually is. Cheers, Kevin
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