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Subject: Bug#17877: Editing documents opened from Konqueror from non-local storage doesn't work correctly
From: martijnklingens () netscape ! net
Date: 2000-12-30 17:11:55
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Package: kdelibs
Version: KDE 2.1 Beta 1
Severity: normal
Installed from: SuSE 7.0 RPMs
Before I describe my bug below: I know that this is
actually a wishlist item, but novice users that are not
familiar with KDE's or Linux's architecture will recognize
this as a bug and not as a missing feature. Therefore, I'm
filing this bug from a user's point of view, and not a
developer's.
Whenever I open a document from a non-local location like
an ftp link to my other computer I cannot save a file
until I close the application. When I close, the kfmclient
asks me if I want to resync the file, but saving a file
from the application does not work correctly.
This is obvious behaviour for legacy X applications that
don't know KIO, but e.g. kedit should be able to handle
kio urls natively.
This behaviour raises a few issues and questions. I think
the best approach would be to add a checkbox in the
keditfiletype database whether an application is kio
compatible or not. If so, the application is started with
the original url and not from kfmclient's local cache.
Legacy X apps will still be started from kfmclient. In
this case, however, it would be wise to tell users that
changes will not be applied until you close the
application. A checkbox to turn that warning off is
welcome there.
Another option, which is more difficult to implement in a
user friendly way is to define addresses that should
always be opened using kfmclient, because they are behind
a dialup link. That would make it possible for me to edit
files on the internet offline, without having to keep the
line open, but still allows me to access other files on my
LAN directly. The problem with this option is that even if
you normally want to use offline editing, there may be
cases in which you still want to force an application to
use kio. An example would be editing a remote web site
when you want to be able to preview the results directly.
Whatever approach is used (this or another solution), I am
willing to help with it, _BUT_ I don't have a permanent
internet connection and virtually no knowledge of KDE/Qt
programming, so I'm not sure if it is a good idea if I do.
After typing this long piece of text, I'm wondering if the
mailing list isn't a better place for this. I'm leaving it
up to you to decide, but apologies if this indeed is a
mailing list issue (I'm not subscribed to them)
Thanks in advance for working these issues out. Feel free
to send me an email if you have more questions, or want to
discuss this issue any more.
Martijn Klingens
(submitted via bugs.kde.org)
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