Allow files on desktop by adding DESKTOP folder
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DeskTop
feature request
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Description
Add a DESKTOP subdirectory in the A2D root that is presented as files on the desktop, in addition to volume icons.
This would be decidedly non-trivial
- Violates invariant that window id 0 implies "is volume"
- ... and also single root path for a given window
- Violates invariant that can't select both volumes and files simultaneously
- Path gets complicated when copied to RAMCard
- Icon locations are not persisted so you can't customize locations.
... but it'd be pretty cool.
Contributor guide
First steps
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- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by locating the desktop window, volume-selection, RAMCard-copy, and icon-persistence paths implicated by the issue, then define how DESKTOP files should behave across those invariants before implementation.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100