On Saturday 27 June 2009 11:14:39 James Richard Tyrer wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Thursday 25 June 2009 23:25:29 James Richard Tyrer wrote: > >> Sascha Peilicke wrote: > >>> Hi y'all, > >>> > >>> In the "About Me" KCM several paths can be set and I did as > >>> following: > >>> > >>> Documents path: /home/foo/documents Download path: > >>> /home/foo/download > >>> > >>> Strange is that when I want to save a file (from konq, kmail, > >>> etc.) the file dialog shows the documents path by default. Seems > >>> like it should point to the download path instead. The question > >>> is what's the meaning of the documents path here and how it > >>> should be used in general (e.g. used as a saving target for > >>> koffice and similar apps) or whether this is a bug. > >> > >> What version of KDE-4 are you using. When asking a question such > >> as this, it is a good idea to include that information. > >> > >> I tried this in Trunk and it does still select Documents as the > >> default. > >> > >> IMO, this is a bug. The function: "KGlobalSettings::downloadPath" > >> has been added to KDELibs::KDEUI and it should be used. > > > > I don't see this as a bug at all. I certainly don't see attachments > > to mail as in the same class as Internet downloads. > > If you are saving a file pointed to by an internet (URL) link, that is a > download and the best default would appear go be the "Download" > directory -- isn't that what it is for? > > You are correct that that is not the same as saving files which are > actually attached to emails. I would think that the best default for > those would be "Documents". > My thoughts exactly. > OTOH, it would be best if it was possible to base all of this on file > extensions and have it configurable like it is with "KGet". > The fact that you can navigate to other folders satisfies me. A more permanent configuration as you suggest may be preferred by others. Personally I like the current system in that it gives me defaults, but if I want to save an email attachment to a specific folder I'm free to do so by navigation. > > Why do you think they should be treated the same? > > I don't think that they should be treated the same! Did I say that? No, you didn't. Sascha did, and is adamant that they should be. > I > thought that we were talking about downloads. I have my system set up > so that all the downloads (when I click "Save as" in the dialog" go to > my DownLoad directory. This is the best default unless we are going to > base it on file extensions. I do think that some people might want to > do it differently. That is always going to be so. It seems that we are in total agreement, but this is not the way Sascha wants to work. Anne -- New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org Just found a cool new feature? Add it to UserBase
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