[Bug 312496] New: PIM items are saved with the Akonadi item ID as their filename on drag n drop

[Antonis Kanouras]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=312496

            Bug ID: 312496
           Summary: PIM items are saved with the Akonadi item ID as their
                    filename on drag n drop
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: Akonadi
           Version: 4.9
          Hardware: Ubuntu Packages
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: kdepim-bugs at kde.org
          Reporter: antonis+kdebugs at metadosis.gr

When drag n dropping a PIM item (mail/contact/event) from one of the KDEPIM
applications to a folder in a Dolphin window, the saved item's filename is just
the Akonadi item ID, with no extension.

It would be great if at least the item's subject were used instead, and even
better if it was customisable in a printf-style option hidden somewhere.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a KDEPIM application's window side by side with a Dolphin window
2. Drag an item from the KDEPIM application to the folder widget in Dolphin's
window
Actual Results:  
The created file has a name like "2314"

Expected Results:  
The created file would have a name like "My test email.eml" or "John Doe.vcf"
or "My test event.ics"; even better if it could be something like
"20130102_John Doe_Hi from Spain.eml" in the case of emails.

I should note here that most other PIM clients work this way.

Also, it would be nice if the file's mtime was set equal to the email's Date
header, if the item was an email.

As I would like to gradually get into KDEPIM development, I would appreciate
some pointers on how to proceed with implementing this feature, although, being
only a beginner in C++, I'm not sure I'm up to the task.
My first thought was reading the items in AkonadiSlave::entryForItem(), however
I feel it's not the proper solution.

Thank you for your work!

PS: I have left the severity as bug because of the lack of a file extension,
making life too hard for ordinary Windows users (we still have some of them) as
Windows Explorer does not inspect the file's contents.

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