[plug] hmmm Linus being opinionated again :-)

[simon]

simon (simon at chrome64.org) wrote:
>
> Leon Brooks (leon at cyberknights.com.au) wrote:
>
> > With said package installed, doing something like Shift-MenuButton would
> > produce a _complete_ menu system with the not-yet-installed items
> > greyed out. Kind of like the opposite of MS-Windows' entry-hiding
> > technology.
>
> Nice, but I prefer the idea of installing packages based on trying to open
> unknown files.... your method still assumes the user knows the
> filetype->application relationship.
>

Replying to my own email :) First sign of madness....

How about plugins/whatever for the major file browsers (konq, mc, etc) which
will trap the opening of unknown files, extract the file magic, and connect to
a site to get recommendations based on the magic, distro, installed lib
versions, rpm/apt-get database etc. This makes the process dependent on an
internet connection being active though....

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