Joel Burton wrote:
Yesterday, I suggested that it might be helpful for FTP & WebDAV to return a pseudo-extension for the type of file being read so that non- Zope-saavy programs could more effectively work with Zope files. (Some programs, notably Dreamweaver and GoLive, refuse to work w/files w/o extensions.) When the file is later uploaded via FTP/WebDAV, the extension would be removed.
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Is this a fair idea? I doubt the fine folks at ZopeCorp will rush my three-line patch into the core ;-), but I'd would like to get the sense if I'm heading in a sane direction.
Definitely! I floated this very idea a few weeks ago, so I'm glad to see someone having a go at it. Eventually a mechanism will be needed to associate file extensions with metatypes; a couple of options spring to mind: each Product could be expected to specify its extension as it does for its icon and metatype; or else there could be a extension-mapper product that allowed for TTW configuration. Hamish Lawson ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie