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English => Feature requests => Topic started by: carpelo on August 28, 2005, 10:19:41 AM
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It's just an idea i saw somewhere else (emule):
it would be nice to have a button that when pressed, would open our incoming folder directly from amule.
Thanks in advance and congratulations for your work.
Carlos Pérez(Valencia, Spain)
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Right-click on desktop -> create link -> browse to $HOME/.aMule/Incoming -> Press ok.
Simple, isn't it ?
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I don't see the point of having amule just open your incoming folder. You can easily create a link somewhere as lfroen has pointed out.
What would be kinda handy (particularly for shared files) would be a function that opens the folder of the appropriate file and selects the file (so you can immediately "Get Info" it, move it, etc.). A lot of Mac programs have such a function ("Reveal in Finder") and it is pretty nice.
However, I have a feeling that a function like this would be tedious to implement, because all the code would have to be platform specific. So at this point, I don't think it should be a high priority.
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Originally posted by lionel77
However, I have a feeling that a function like this would be tedious to implement, because all the code would have to be platform specific. So at this point, I don't think it should be a high priority.
And another question on *NIX would be "Open it in what?" Konqueror? mc? gentoo (the GTK file browser, not the distro)? The "I-just-don't remember-it's-name" GNOME file browser?
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indeed the only reason why it's not being added is thedude0001's reason. Since there already is a mess with the browser selection. No need for mor such messes ;)
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@dude nautilus ;)
Maybe you should use an editbox for this, where the user has to enter the name.
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dont we do the same for the webbrowser and our websearch and fake-check function
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so... you propose to have an edit/selection box for:
*web browser
*file browser
*text editor
*...
?
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@dude: we have "Desktop integration mode" in preferences. We support tray icon both in KDE and in GNOME. Similary, we should open konqueror in KDE and Nautilus in GNOME according to this preference.
Moreover, correct integration implies that we could provide "Open with" dialog - same as underlying desktop (both kde and gnome have it).
I have no idea why this function is better that creating link on desktop, but it definitly can be implemented.
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Originally posted by lfroen
@dude: we have "Desktop integration mode" in preferences. We support tray icon both in KDE and in GNOME. Similary, we should open konqueror in KDE and Nautilus in GNOME according to this preference.
Hmm, I just triple-checked my preferences and couldn't find anything about a "Desktop integration mode"?
Anyway, I second your opinion, lfroen. It sure can be implemented, I just don't see the big advantage...
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That only appears on wx 2.4 and it's strongly disadvised to use.
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Originally posted by thedude0001
Originally posted by lfroen
@dude: we have "Desktop integration mode" in preferences. We support tray icon both in KDE and in GNOME. Similary, we should open konqueror in KDE and Nautilus in GNOME according to this preference.
Hmm, I just triple-checked my preferences and couldn't find anything about a "Desktop integration mode"?
Anyway, I second your opinion, lfroen. It sure can be implemented, I just don't see the big advantage...
thedude with wxGTK-2.6 we "automatically" ahve this function included in wx. so when you enable systray in prefs amule detects himself if you run gnome or kde
with wx-2.4 you still have those little checkboxes for kde/gnome but with wx-2.6 this is simple gone
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Ah, well, I use windowmaker on the computer running amule, which has no systray...
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LFROEN SAID:
" Right-click on desktop -> create link -> browse to $HOME/.aMule/Incoming -> Press ok.
Simple, isn't it ? "
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So simple that i already had it before i wrote my post. But it's not what i was asking for, if you read again my post.
I was asking for a new amule feature, as i have seen on emule clients, and it's quite interesting (IMHO) as you can open folder categories, files, etc.... directly from the client.
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carpelo: Lemme quote you (for correctness sake):
it would be nice to have a button that when pressed, would open our incoming folder directly from amule.
And compare it with:
" Right-click on desktop -> create link -> browse to $HOME/.aMule/Incoming -> Press ok.
Don't know about you, but personally, I see no difference.
Opening per-category folder is another story, but considering code complexity vs. usefullness - I would give it quite low priority.
Consider this: such feature is desktop-specific. Meaning, code is different on gnome and kde. If we link to both libs, people that using binary packages must have all those libs too ! Which add install complexity.
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Or packaging complexity if someone build kde packages, gnome packages.....
I won't, and I'm sure noone else is crazy enough.
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Consider this: such feature is desktop-specific.
And, just to mention, platform-specific too.
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Well, from a usability point of view :
- choice 1 : click an "open incoming folder" button
- choice 2 : click "desktop" icon, find the proper icon, click that icon to go to the incoming folder.
-------> From a usability point of view, I still feel the need for that "open incoming folder" function.
I'm not a coder, I must confess this.
However, since there IS indeed a KDE integration, why not add "open incoming folder" to the choices displayed when right-clicking amule's icon in the tray ?
Or else (I repeat i'm no coder, my proposition might be a nonsense :p), would it be impossible to have amule run the URL of the incoming folder when we click "open incoming folder" ?
This way there would be no need to chose the file browser...
I mean, for me, since Konqueror is the default browser, and when I run a local URL, that automatically will start Konqueror with that URL. But if Nautilus (eeeeeeeeew, no URL bar by default, eeeeeeeew) was my default browser, that method would have opened the URL in Nautilus. Heck, that method would have worked with MS-windows too. For Mac I have no idea, but I suspect that could work too...
Is there some impossibility for amule to run an URL ? o_O
If there is no impossibility, i'd really like that "open incoming folder" function ^^
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From a usability point of view, I still feel the need for that "open incoming folder" function.
Correct, but IMHO hard to do, which means low priority.
would it be impossible to have amule run the URL of the incoming folder
Heck, that method would have worked with MS-windows
Not so fast here :)
Everithing is possible, but KDE and GNOME have it different way AFAIK. And I'm not talking about Mac which have it in "mac only way"; and Windows, which have it "Microsoft(tm) way". Diversity - that's what hard about it, not the issue itself.
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OK, if the boss says so, I suppose the debate is closed ^^
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I dont' recall saying anything :P
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Err, the "closest to the boss I thought i'd meet", let's say, then :]