Apps :: Xtdesktop and mount app



What is the Xtdesktop version in DSL? Can't find that piece of info on the DSL site (Yes, here you say go boot DSL, but I recently erased that cd-rw).

The reason I'm asking is that the newest version, 0.7b from 2005, supports mount icons (of course they umount if already mounted) straightly, without some script. The whole point is that xtdesk is loaded by default, and I think adding mount icons would spare more performance than a Lua box, since Lua is a compile-in-live (sorry, don't remember the actual word) language...
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The whole point is that xtdesk is loaded by default, and I think adding mount icons would spare more performance than a Lua box

That presumes the recent version of xtdesk doesn't add any more overhead, which is doubtful just from the fact that it has this particular feature (and how many more?) that the version in DSL doesn't. Newer versions with more features generally grow, not shrink. Even if it makes a slight difference, DSL's use of lua is so pervasive that the mount app is trivial in terms of its overhead.

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Lua is a compile-in-live (sorry, don't remember the actual word)

Interpreted. The performance of interpreted languages like lua and tcl, particularly in small scripts for simple tasks, is on par with compiled languages.
But I'm not sure if DSL has the same version. If it does, there won't be any overhead....
I think it's more likely that having an icon for each of your available devices would be much heavier than using the script. Once it is loaded, the script does nothing unless you are clicking it. Xtdesk reacts whenever the cursor passes over one of its icons, which happens frequently. Images, even "tiny" icons, use a relatively large amount of ram. Several of the default icons are each larger than the lua script.  Plus, you should consider that there are people who HATE using desktop icons =o)
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I think it's more likely that having an icon for each of your available devices...

Most programs use more than one icon for that task. One mounted icon, one unmounted. Or possibly more, such as one icon for the device and then two more icons that overlay the device icon to show mount/umount status.

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Plus, you should consider that there are people who HATE using desktop icons =o)

The more I get used to rox, the less begrudgingly I use icons. In fact, I really like it. But that's because rox is much more multifunctional than an icon manager like xtdesk. It's also more functional than emelfm.

I think in hindsight it's more accurate to call Lua a hybrid embedded language since it's interpreted but runs through a virtual compiler. It's still very fast, and it's not a wasted resource when you consider how few lines it takes to script together a useful GUI with it.
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