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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
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<link type="guide" xref="index"/>
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<link type="seealso" xref="concepts"/>
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Extended user attributes allow to associate named strings to a file.
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<title>Editing extended user attributes</title>
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Extended user attributes are pairs of attributes and values that can be stored arbitrarily in files.
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For instance one could store the last Revision of a file or a brief Description.
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Eiciel allows to work with extended user attributes both in standalone application and Nautilus property
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<title>Extended user attributes</title>
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<media type="image" src="figures/screen_xattr.png"/>
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<section id="add-xattr">
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<title>Adding an attribute</title>
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You can add an attribute with <gui>Add</gui>. A default attribute name and value will be created.
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You can edit them by clicking on the attribute list.
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<note style="warning">
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Even if extended user attributes are <em>encoding neutral</em> all the data
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that can be introduced in Eiciel will be saved in UTF-8 charset. Remind this if you intend
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to manage these attributes with another application which might not be UTF-8 capable.
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Eiciel might not be useful if you store binary (non printable) data in your user
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<section id="remove-xattr">
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<title>Removing an attribute</title>
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To remove an attribute, select it from the list and press <gui>Remove</gui>.
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