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