restore URLs in core file selection dialog

[Gerhard Stengel]

Am Donnerstag, 2. Februar 2012, 08:51:42 schrieb Andreas Pakulat:
> On 02.02.12 06:26:20, Gerhard Stengel wrote:
> > Am Mittwoch, 1. Februar 2012, 08:32:17 schrieb Andreas Pakulat:
> > > On 01.02.12 01:13:14, Gerhard Stengel wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > I think it's a bit cumbersome that the dialog for the selection
> > > > of core file doesn't remember the URLs. If you want to inspect
> > > > a core file several times, you have to navigate to it and the
> > > > executable again and again. That's quite time consuming.
> > > > 
> > > > The attached patch remembers the last URLs during the session.
> > > > 
> > > > Or would you like me to start a review in the board?
> > > 
> > > KDE already has a widget that allows to select urls and stores the
> > > last
> > > used ones in a list. Its called something like KUrlComboBoxRequester
> > > or
> > > so.
> > 
> > OK, thanks, I'll look for this widget.
> > What is also not optimal with the solution posted is that when calling
> > the kurl dialogue the first time in a session, it starts with your home
> > directory, but I think the project root would be much better.
> 
> Which project, there could be multiple ones and IIUC this is not in the
> project config dialog... But we do have a configurable base url for
> newly-generated projects which you could use as startup folder. I don't
> know off-hand wether there's a public getter for this but you should be
> able to see the config key in shell/settings/projectpreferences.cpp
> 
> I believe using the combo-requester would also make it much easier to
> permanently store the urls, so its not only remembered during a session
> but across sessions.
> 
> Andreas

Hi,

I tried the KUrlComboBoxRequester, but I think it didn't offer much benefit in 
this case. It didn't remember anything automatically. I like to paste 
something into the edit box of a KUrlRequester which brings me very quickly to 
the location where the file is. This isn't possible with the 
KComboBoxRequester.
I'm not sure if it is so useful to remember these URLs across sessions. 
Examining a core file is something more temporary  which you don't do so 
often. Furthermore, like this there's no influence on other sessions running 
in parallel.

Anyway, I opened a review request #103877.

best regards

Gerhard