KDirWatch bug and the analysis. Help is welcome!

[Frank Reininghaus]

Hi,

2013/8/1 Thomas Lübking:
> On Donnerstag, 1. August 2013 12:44:57 CEST, Frank Reininghaus wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> 2013/8/1 Thomas Lübking:
>>>>
>>>> We could, however, fix this by filtering out hidden files ("dot files")
>>>> in
>>>> the KDirWatch inotify event handling, optionally.
>>>
>>>
>>> What doesn't help you when listing them as well.
>>>
>>> Questions:
>>> 1. why does dolphin update the .directory file *intantly* and esp. while
>>> still showing the dir. Why not when eg. leaving it or when closing down
>>> (bearing the risk to loose the update when "closing down" is a segfault)
>>
>>
>> I'm not quite sure (I haven't implemented the .directory thing), but
>> if the modified settings were stored when leaving the directory, then
>> splitting the view, opening a new tab, or a new Dolphin/Konqueror
>> window *before* leaving the directory would still show you the
>> directory with the "old" view properties.
>
>
> Singleton cache to lookup?
> Like QHash<QString, DirSettings>
>
> class DirSettings {
>   QDateTime timeStamp;
>   bool showHidden;
>   Foo bar;
>   ....
> };
>
>
> Would work for at least single process cases.
> (Though dolphin is no more KUniqeApplication? Spawns new processes instead
> of windows here)

Peter changed that quite some time ago already because the
KUniqueApplication thing caused quite a few problems (like modal
dialogs blocking all Dolphin windows, for example).

Cheers,
Frank