Re: [ros-general] writing file manager / how to use lex?

[Jan Tisje]

Robert Köpferl <rob(a)koepferl.de> schrieb am Sat, 20 Mar 2004 22:02:16 +0100

>   
>  Jan Tisje schrieb:
> >   hi, 
> >  
> >  I started to write a file manager.... 
> >  
> >  my target is to make it easy to use but very powerful and flexible. 
> >  apart from windows fs, it will support many filesystems (eg. nfs, http,
> >  ftp, webdav... ) 
>  
>  I'd suggest to support an not existing FTP-FS which may work by putting 
>  connection data in a special file. 
I did not think about it yet. 
I try to implement all types of classes once, (most easiest one for
each: windows file api /  text, html and bitmap preview) 

what's left is write support... 

for ftp and http I plan to use some delphi components. 
 
> >   One point is
> > to show if and how the "C:, D:" drive assignment  may be
> >  overcome.
> >  So i will use URLs.  
>  
>  ???  Maybe that would be one solution we should put into the win32 sub 
>  system so that any app can use them... 
yes, in future it should. 
but let me try if it is useful in everyday life. 
 
> >   The most
> > important part missing is an URL parser.  
>  
>  Find a RegEx engine for Delphi and parse this regular language via 
>  regular expressions. 
that would be a solution. I already found some...

thanks for help

Jan