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this link. ]
A GnomeVFS module is a plug-in that provides support for
accessing different services as though they were part of your file
system. For example, the HTTP module lets you access Web pages
through ‘http:’ URIs. There are a number of modules included with
GnomeVFS, such as http, ftp, and tar.“GnomeVFS modules such as fontilus can also do less obvious
things. Fontilus lets you use Nautilus to browse the fonts
available on your system at the location ‘fonts:///’, and you can
add and remove fonts by drag-and-drop… Another example of a
GnomeVFS module is the handler for ‘applications:///’, which lets
you browse your application menu as a file system…”
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Digest: GNOME, September 7, 2003(Sep 08, 2003)