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List:       kde-kant
Subject:    Re: Bug#39273: Deleting files with the "Delete" key cannot be turned of
From:       Christoph Cullmann <cullmann () babylon2k ! de>
Date:       2002-03-13 22:04:10
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On Tuesday 12 March 2002 01:13, Anders Lund wrote:
> On Tuesday 12 March 2002 00:11, kdebugs@amen-online.de wrote:
> > Package: kate
> > Version: 2.0 (using KDE 2.9.0 2 (3.0 beta2))
> > Severity: normal
> > Installed from:    SuSE
> > Compiler:          gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (SuSE)
> > OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.4.4-4GB
> > OS/Compiler notes:
> >
> > While editing text with the file list open, I pressed "Delete" and
> > "Enter" to edit some text. To my astonishment, I saw the selected file in
> > the file list deleted before I could react. The alert asking whether I
> > really wish to delete the file defaults to "Yes", so pressing "Enter"
> > before noticing that the "Delete" key behaves differently than with the
> > file list turn off deletes the selected file forever. There would not be
> > a problem if the alert had "No" as default option.
>
> The alert is coming from the directory view, and defaulting to yes is
> resonable, as thi should only be attempted on request.
>
> We have heard of this bug from time to time, but none of the developers can
> reproduce it. If you can describe, step by step, starting with launching
> kate, how to get in that regrettable situation, we have a chance of fixing
> it.
>
> > Kate removed several of my files because of this bug. There is no option
> > to turn this dangerous behaviour off, for the key bindings of the file
> > list cannot be configured - which is annoying. I use the "Delete" key
> > quite frequently when editing text.
>
> I am very sorry.
I am too :(
This bug is fixed since some weeks (maybe short after beta2), I have adjusted 
the shortcut from "delete" to "alt-delete" in the fileselector

>
> -anders
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Christoph Cullmann
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