Commit b346d443616d0abc8f162de2bf1f77dc53bc4f71
Parent: 3cd271be6f8b16730edd0acf636a9ac1014ab89b
Author: mcol <mcol@posteo.net>
Date: 2021-10-31 15:18:29 +0000
Committer: mcol <mcol@posteo.net>
Committed: 2021-10-31 15:18:29 +0000

small readme updates

README.rst Modified

@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
 xanadu is a standalone desktop metaphor for desktop environments that do not
 bundle one, such as standalone window managers. xanadu acts as an underlay
 surface beneath regular windows that displays the contents of a specified
-directory as icons. These icons can be activated to open a given file or
-folder.
+directory as icons. These icons can be activated to perform arbitrary
+operations on the selected file or folder, such as opening it with a default
+handler.
 
 Currently, the displayed folder is ``${XDG_DESKTOP_DIR:-$HOME/Desktop}``.
 
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@
 use better-suited tools to figure out what to do.
 
 For example, this will delegate item handling to the useful ``mimeopen`` script
-packaged by many unix distributions ("perl-file-mimeinfo" on Arch Linux), and
+packaged by many *nix distributions ("perl-file-mimeinfo" on Arch Linux), and
 folder handling to ``thunar``:
 
 .. code-block:: sh
@@ -35,5 +36,6 @@
         fi
    done
 
-For inspiration as to what tools to delegate to, I recommend looking at
-https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Default_applications.
+For alternative tools, I recommend `Default applications`_ on the Arch Wiki.
+
+.. _`Default applications`: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Default_applications