diff --git a/docs/README.volumes b/docs/README.volumes deleted file mode 100644 index 554c3873fb173e0f7eed9b1acb7931e30cb1dc88..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 --- a/docs/README.volumes +++ /dev/null @@ -1,52 +0,0 @@ -The Thunar Volume Manager -========================= - - The Thunar-VFS library contains an abstract interface to volume managers - and implementations of this interface for some platforms (currently only - FreeBSD and Linux with HAL is known to work properly). - - Using this abstract interface (in fact the platform specific implementations - of the interface), Thunar is able to display mounted and mountable volumes - in the shortcuts pane, and allows the user to mount or eject/unmount these - volumes from the context menu. In addition, if the user double-clicks a - volume in the shortcuts pane (or requests to open the shortcut in a new - window), Thunar will first try to mount the volume if it's not already - mounted. - - Unfortunately, this functionality is currently only available to BSD users. - I'm looking for people to provide implementations of ThunarVfsVolume and - ThunarVfsVolumeManager (see thunar-vfs-volume.h) for other platforms. If - you need a starting point, you should have a look at the FreeBSD implemen- - tation in thunar-vfs-volume-freebsd.c, it's a bit tricky when it comes to - details, but it should give you the basic idea. - - - Notes for FreeBSD users - ------------------------ - - FreeBSD offers a really nice option, which allows regular users to mount - devices on every folder owned by the user. It is very handy for a single - user desktop system. - You'll need to enable the vfs.usermount option for this to work: - - # sysctl -w vfs.usermount=1 - - Afterwards, just change the owner of the mount points for removable - devices to your user id, i.e. - - # chown benny /mnt/dvd - # chown benny /mnt/cdrw - - and you will be able to mount and unmount your DVD and CD-RW in Thunar. - - In order to be able to eject removable devices, you will need to install - the eject utility from the sysutils/eject port. - - - Notes for Linux users - --------------------- - - On Linux platforms, Thunar requires HAL 0.5 or better to provide information - about volumes. - - To be able to eject dics, you will need the eject utility program.