[e-lang] File API taming

[Karp, Alan H]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: e-lang-bounces at mail.eros-os.org [mailto:e-lang-bounces at mail.eros-
> os.org] On Behalf Of ihab.awad at gmail.com
> Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 6:04 PM
> To: Discussion of E and other capability languages
> Subject: Re: [e-lang] File API taming
> 
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 5:32 PM, Karp, Alan H <alan.karp at hp.com> wrote:
> > But the user would like to see a name that is the same from one
> editing
> > session to another.
> 
> In that case, the powerbox spawning the editor can add that to the
> chrome, but the editor itself need not know the name.

I think that's what I was proposing.  The powerbox has the mapping between the actual filename and the petname the user assigned.
> 
> Would that work?
> 
> Ihab
> 
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