Talk:Dolphin/File Management

my main gripe about dolphin is it doesn't show files or folders whose name begins with a dot -- if there's an option to show them, why is it so hard to find?

Where is has always been, even in Konqueror KDE 3: View menu -> Show hidden files. --Jucato

Maybe to clear something up: Unix' way of making files hidden is to start the file name with a dot. So it is actually a good thing that Dolphin doesn't show those files in a default configuration.

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Thanks for the new section on audio CD's. There are a few thing I don't quite understand, though. The first bullet after the image seems to imply, that audio data can be encoded in the cda format. However, that format only contain indexing information (according to Wikipedia). >>I was trying to say that this folder contains the usual cda files you find on a CD. These are indeed only indexing information and can't be read as this.

The second bullet after the image I understand as saying, that the Whole CD folder contains one file for each track and each format. I get confused by the word 'concatenating', though, which might indicate, that several files are joined into one.

>>The "Whole CD" folder contains the whole album in 1 file, for each format. so for example it contains a big mp3 file of the whole album: 1 file containing all the tracks.

If I understand the situation correctly, it might be better to say:

• a CDA folder containing indexing information in the usual CDA format

>> OK for me, please edit. My english is far from perfect :)

• a Whole CD folder containing files of each track in every format

or somethink like that. What do You think? --Claus chr 31 october 2009 >> No. See above, if you understand my explanation (it's hard to explain for me) and can say it in english in a clearer way that would be great :) Thanks for reviewing! --Kolia 31 october 2009

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File Create New will give a list of object that can be created. Folders, text files or html files.

Can this list be changed or have rules? I like the html creates a file that has some of the default work done. I'd like to do the same for php for example.

The list is not user-configurable. There are two things you could do. 1) File an 'Idea' in brainstorm.forum.kde.org, where ideas that are supported by enough people to make them desirable are submitted to the developers. 2) File a bug/wish report (bugs.kde.org) --annew 11:45, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

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The section on the Navigation Line is a bit confusing. The fourth paragraph more or less repeats the second paragraph, but coming after the paragraph on the classic navigation line, it might be understood to refer to that rather than to the bread crumb. I would suggest that paragraph four is merged with paragraph two, and that the image is placed before paragraph three. --Claus chr 7 November 2009

Done --annew 11:45, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

I think there are some mistakes in 'File System Navigation' section. 'Enable bookmarks' should be before 'Bookmarks in applications'.

? It is.

'Constraining to one application' is repetition of the content of ' "Places" for system-wide navigation '.

No. That section makes the distinction that you can create a bookmark that will NOT be displayed in Places of other applications. This is a different concept.

Bookmarks in amarok and kate 's plugins aren't mentioned(they are stored in ~/.kde4/share/apps/appname/fsbookmarks.xml).

I don't see this as a user issue. They will access those bookmarks within the application, not in general file management. This page discusses mainly the elements of Dolphin. The Gwenview digression is to explain a particular issue, that of having a local bookmark apparently within the global Places.

So it is three kinds of bookmarks. one is stored in ~/.kde4/share/apps/kfileplaces/bookmark.xml,be called 'Place' , they are visable in dolphin/gwenview,left side of file-open dialog,they can be used by other application,you can also constrain one of them to one application.

another is stored in ~/.kde4/share/apps/kfile/bookmarok.xml,they are visable under yellow star icon in file-open dialog(need be enabled first).They are visable in all kde application which have open dialog.But you can't constrain them to specific application.

The last one is application's bookmark,like web bookmark in konqueror,bookmark in okular,they are stored in ~/.kde4/share/apps/appname/bookmark.xml. some applications like amarok and kate, these application also have bookmark via plugin called Filesystem Browser. These bookmarks are stored in ~/.kde4/share/apps/appname/fsbookmarks.xml .This kind of bookmarks can only be used by the application create them.

so maybe 'File System Navigation' section need to be modified

                      --Qiii2006 19:15, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Users are not actually concerned with where the bookmarks are stored. Your explanations are more of a developer eye-view of what I have described from a user point of view.

                     I see --Qiii2006 04:29, 21 November 2009 (UTC)