However, I can't see how GTK apps could easily implement this protocol because
GDK doesn't support XdndActionDirectSave. Apparently that action was added
(October 26, 2000) but I don't know why it's needed. Further, even if this
action could be provided, it would be difficult for destinations not
supporting XDS to know how to fall back to text/uri-list given the
unrecognized action.
Just a record of my investigation into XDS:
I looked at the possibility of using the Direct Save Protocol (http:// www.newplanetso ftware. com/xds/) as an alternative (more similar to MS behavior) because a blog (http:// rodney. id.au/dev/ gnome/an- xds-example) said that it was "supported by ROX, Thunar, Konqueror, and Nautilus file managers".
However, I can't see how GTK apps could easily implement this protocol because tSave. Apparently that action was added
GDK doesn't support XdndActionDirec
(October 26, 2000) but I don't know why it's needed. Further, even if this
action could be provided, it would be difficult for destinations not
supporting XDS to know how to fall back to text/uri-list given the
unrecognized action.