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[Carlos Echenique]

Flatseal to the rescue, Peter.

Carlos Echenique
CE Photography
carlos at echenique.com
On May 31, 2020, 9:03 PM -0400, Peter Teuben <teuben at gmail.com>, wrote:
> i ran into another beautiful feature of the flatpak.....   I wanted to
> edit a file with another app, gimp, but its not inthe list, since it can
> only look inside of it container (without going through contortions).
> Even /usr/bin/gimp doesn't work.
>
> I dunno about flatpak.
>
> On 5/31/20 9:32 AM, Carlos Echenique wrote:
> > Hmmm. The implementation of flatpak support is specific to the distro
> > being used. I am using a spin of an Arch-based distro and that is
> > where the files are placed on my system. YMMV.
> >
> > Carlos Echenique
> > CE Photography
> > carlos at echenique.com
> > On May 31, 2020, 2:34 AM -0400, Stuart Rogers
> > <stuart at stella-maris.org.uk>, wrote:
> > > I used the flatpak override filesystem command in a console window.
> > >
> > > Stuart
> > >
> > > On 31 May 2020 01:01:56 BST, Carlos Echenique <carlos at echenique.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > > How did you add the override? Flatseal stores them in
> > > > .local/share/flatpak/overrides not in the system in order to maintain
> > > > the
> > > > sandbox.
> > > > Carlos Echenique Photographer, CE Photographic
> > > >
> > > > 305.219.2433 | carlos at echenique.com
> > > > Website: https://www.cephotographic.com
> > > > <https://www.facebook.com/echeniquephotos>
> > > > <https://flickr.com/photos/echenique>
> > > > <https://instagram.com/cephotographic>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Sat, May 30, 2020 at 5:53 AM Stuart T Rogers
> > > > <stuart at stella-maris.org.uk>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Interesting this flatseal, just installed it and opened it up but it
> > > > > does not show the override I have used to access my home directory
> > > > which
> > > > > allows Digikam to see my database and photo directories!
> > > > >
> > > > > Also as I said before it's a real pain that I am unable to access
> > > > easily
> > > > > any other apps like GIMP, I guess unless they are installed using
> > > > > flatpak. Probably some way to do it but this all just seems total
> > > > > overkill in order to run Digikam.
> > > > >
> > > > > I simply cannot see a reason to run it locked down like this. Yes
> > > > there
> > > > > are things where it would be very useful because there is real danger
> > > > > but not this. I'll stick to appimage (assuming it continues) or wait
> > > > for
> > > > > the distro RPM.
> > > > >
> > > > > Stuart
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Website: https://www.stella-maris.org.uk
> > > > > or: https//www.broadstairs.org
> > > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Sent from my Samsung Galaxy J5 with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
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