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List:       konq-bugs
Subject:    [Bug 76443] New: it should be possible to disable previews for
From:       "MichaÅ" Kosmulski <mkosmul () users ! sourceforge ! net>
Date:       2004-02-29 19:15:06
Message-ID: 20040229191506.23772.qmail () ktown ! kde ! org
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           Summary: it should be possible to disable previews for
                    directories where one doesn't have write permissions
           Product: konqueror
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: unspecified
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: konq-bugs kde org
        ReportedBy: mkosmul users sourceforge net


Version:           3.2.0 (using KDE 3.2.0, compiled sources)
Compiler:          gcc version 3.3.2
OS:          Linux (i686) release 2.6.2

I recently upgraded to kde 3.2, but the problem I describe is the same with all \
versions of KDE I know. I am currently using supermount \
(supermount-ng.sourceforge.net). It is a kernel patch which adds a special filesystem \
called supermount, which makes it possible to access removable media without having \
to mount or unmount them. Supermount is mounted only once at system startup and then \
the mounted directories always show the contents of the media. Media can be changed \
at any time. This is very convenient since my /mnt/floppy directory always shows the \
contents of the floppy disk currently inserted, but it causes a problem with \
konqueror. I like file previews and they are enabled globally on my system. I can \
disable previews for specific protocols, eg ftp:// etc. I can also disable previews \
in a specific directory by creating an appropriate .directory file. This is, however, \
not enough to disable previews for a supermount-mounted floppy, since in order to do \
it, I would have to put a .directory file on each floppy. ince I often have to deal \
with floppies brought to me by others, I can't possibly assure that. It would be \
great if one could specify directories which don't show file previews in some config \
file rather than by putting a .directory file in there. This would be convenient not \
only for floppies, but also for nfs-mounted volumes or just directories which are on \
a hard disk, but you don't have write access to them (eg. a public image gallery \
where you don't want previews). Previews are terribly slow on a floppy and I \
sometimes have to wait very long before I can do anything since konqueror is \
generating previews. On the other hand, I wouldn't like to turn previews off \
globally. I know I could use floppy:// and turn previews off for this protocol, but \
floppy:// is terribly slow as compared to mounting and has the disadvantage of not \
really being a part of the filesystem (eg. I can't access this location from non-kde \
apps). Perhaps one could either a) Make it possible to specify a list of directories \
which are excluded from generating previews, no matter whether they contain a \
.directory file or not or
b) Make devices:// recognize the supermount filesystem type, so I could use \
devices://something to acces the floppy. Solution a) is more flexible since it would \
work for nfs disks etc. also, and would be more consistent (with b), if I used \
devices://fd0 I would be able to get no previews, but if I went to /mnt/floppy I \
still would). _______________________________________________
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