Comment CDE [Re:Figured this out in 2003] (Score 1) 663
Are there any desktops other than CDE that let you define multiple actions for a given file type and have those actions be scripts? For example most desktops let you define what application to open a file type with, but CDE lets me define as many open actions as I want, and allows me to have shell scripts perform those actions.
So instead of a text file being restricted to only canned Open and Print actions, I can define OpenReadOnly, Edit, SpellCheck, SpellCorrect, PrintEnscript1Col, PrintEnscript2Col, Encrypt, etc.
So instead of a text file being restricted to only canned Open and Print actions, I can define OpenReadOnly, Edit, SpellCheck, SpellCorrect, PrintEnscript1Col, PrintEnscript2Col, Encrypt, etc.