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diff --git a/doc/todo/git_annex_open/comment_1_67d90a1cb104d98e816354d96e1b0306._comment b/doc/todo/git_annex_open/comment_1_67d90a1cb104d98e816354d96e1b0306._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..e1b442d17 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/git_annex_open/comment_1_67d90a1cb104d98e816354d96e1b0306._comment @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 1""" + date="2014-11-10T17:11:52Z" + content=""" +Hmm, well, there have been requests for access to files as they're being +get-ed before. This does have the advantage of providing that, +but I don't know if I like trying in xdg-open, which might not always +be the way a user wants to open a file. + +git-annex does have progress info available while a file is being +transferred. (If nothing else, it tends to know the key size, and can +see the file size.) However I don't know how it could tell if "enough" +of the file was available to stream it. + +I guess what I'd be most comfortable with is putting in plumbing. +Like making `examinekey` be able to report the temporary file +that is used when a key is being downloaded. It might also make sense to +have a bit of plumbing that waits for a file being downloaded to get +to X% complete, or something. +"""]] |