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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: [Patch] #29984 Change file permission using octal numbers
From:       Neil Stevens <neil () qualityassistant ! com>
Date:       2003-05-15 17:03:19
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On Thursday May 15, 2003 07:20, Scott Wheeler wrote:
> On Thursday 15 May 2003 14:32, Dominik Seichter wrote:
> > The patch adds a line edit to the permission page of the properties
> > dialog. The user can enter any octal number in the line edit to change
> > the file permission like he would do when using chmod. Additionally
> > the file permissions selected by the user are shown as an octal
> > number.
>
> Hmm, to me it just doesn't seem like this belongs in the GUI --
> certainly not simply with the string "Permissions".  I think
> understanding Unix permissions is confusing as is, but allowing for
> setting the octal mode would just add another widget to the general
> confusion.  This would seem roughly like being prompted for command line
> switches when dragging and dropping a file "because it's more powerful
> that way".
>
> Anyway -- just my opinion; we'll see what others think...

Octal in a GUI?  No, thanks.  KCalc is in kdeutils, so let's not add a 
use-time dependency on KCalc in kdelibs.

- -- 
Neil Stevens - neil@qualityassistant.com
"The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's throat, for which the
sheep thanks the shepherd as a liberator, while the wolf denounces him
for the same act as the destroyer of liberty." -- Abraham Lincoln
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