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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Trash, Delete, Shred
From:       Mikolaj Machowski <mikmach () wp ! pl>
Date:       2003-06-30 9:34:42
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On Sat, Jun 28, 2003 at 11:42:15AM +0100, Max Howell wrote:
> Hi Dave,
> reading your arguments I realise the only reason I would normally delete a 
> large file is to redeem the space. And even if this wasn't the motivation I 
> wouldn't want the file to go in my trash (as I backup up my home daily, but 
> still it's a huge file!)
> So perhaps :
> (o) Move all files to trash
> ( ) delete large files, rest to trash
>       [ ] Ask for delete confirmation for large files
> ( ) Delete all files 
> [ ] Ask for confirmation for all deletes
> thus remote files go to trash if they are small, I suggest that this is 
> intelligently decided. I'd consider 2MB to be a large remote file and 100MB 
> to be a large local file. I'd hesitate to make this configurable but I expect 
> it will be demanded. Thoughts?

IMO not good. You need additional conf option to define what does it
mean "large".

m.
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