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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: usability issue: temporary folder should not be allowed as target
From:       Ferdinand Gassauer <gassauer () kde ! org>
Date:       2005-11-03 12:42:13
Message-ID: 200511031342.13337.gassauer () kde ! org
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On Thursday 03 November 2005 13:14, Rex Dieter wrote:
> Ferdinand Gassauer wrote:
> > On Wednesday 02 November 2005 22:48, Rex Dieter wrote:
> >>Ferdinand Gassauer wrote:
> >>>opening an attachment of kmail with kword seems to transfer the file
> >>>first to a temporary folder and then opens it - (with a different name
> >>>than the atachment - bad enough). saving this file KDE proposes the
> >>>temporary folder.
> >>>
> >>>If the user saves the document there - and closes the session, the
> >>>document is gone (and the user is upset)
> >>
> >>Agreed.  Simple fix:  make the temporary file read-only.  That way, it
> >>forces the user to so a save-as.
> >
> > IMHO  a "read only folder" wouldn't be accessible by KDE internally.
>
> No, make the temp *file* read-only.
>
> -- Rex
>
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propably I was not clear.

open an attachment and click "save as":
the proposed directory is a temporary one, which will not survive. mostly 
neither the directory nor it's contents.
it does not help to change existing file permissions, if you save the document 
with a new file name in a temporary directory ( /tmp/kde-kdesvn/ ).
IMHO this directory should be excluded / forbidden for user actions.

-- 
--
cu ferdinand
 
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