<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.
MATE Eiciel allows to work with extended user attributes both in standalone application and Caja
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 MATE 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.
MATE 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>
