document path as download target?

[Sascha Peilicke]

On Friday 26 June 2009 13:19:03 you wrote:
> On Friday 26 June 2009 11:24:55 Sascha Peilicke wrote:
> > On Friday 26 June 2009 10:04:13 Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > On Thursday 25 June 2009 23:25:29 James Richard Tyrer wrote:
> > > > Sascha Peilicke wrote:
> > > > > Hi y'all,
> > > > >
> > > > > In the "About Me" KCM several paths can be set and I did as
> > > > > following:
> > > > >
> > > > > Documents path: /home/foo/documents
> > > > > Download path: /home/foo/download
> > > > >
> > > > > Strange is that when I want to save a file (from konq, kmail, etc.)
> > > > > the file dialog shows the documents path by default. Seems like it
> > > > > should point to the download path instead. The question is what's
> > > > > the meaning of the documents path here and how it should be used in
> > > > > general (e.g. used as a saving target for koffice and similar apps)
> > > > > or whether this is a bug.
> > > >
> > > > What version of KDE-4 are you using.  When asking a question such as
> > > > this, it is a good idea to include that information.
> > > >
> > > > I tried this in Trunk and it does still select Documents as the
> > > > default.
> > > >
> > > > IMO, this is a bug.  The function: "KGlobalSettings::downloadPath"
> > > > has been added to KDELibs::KDEUI and it should be used.
> > >
> > > I don't see this as a bug at all.  I certainly don't see attachments to
> > > mail as in the same class as Internet downloads.  Why do you think they
> > > should be treated the same?
> >
> > Because after all, there downloads, speak not present on my computer but
> > going to be. I always have to move files into a more appropriate place
> > after downloading (in folders for movies, pictures, etc.). People have
> > different opinions on what documents really are. To me this is everything
> > text-like (e.g. produced by koffice, openoffice, ...), you might argue
> > that everything is a document somehow. The question is then why we have
> > "Document path", "Movie path", "Download path" and all the others if
> > everything happens to land in "Document path" anyway?
> >
> > At least konq should respect the "Download path" by default and not use
> > the "Document path" IMHO.
>
> I'm sorry, but I still do not see this as a download.  Therefore this is
> always going to be a matter of opinion, and no solution is going to please
> everyone.
But what do you see as a download then? And where should it be placed after 
the download finished. Furthermore, for what reason do we allow to configure 
paths for movies, audio, pictures and all kinds of stuff if actually none of 
it is used an all lands in the documents folder anyway?

> Whatever is decided, the current situation, where you are free to navigate
> to a preferred folder, remains.
Yep, my current solution is to set the "Document path" to my downloads folder, 
simple but stupid.
-- 
Sascha Peilicke
http://saschpe.wordpress.com
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