D10990: Add "Open symlink destination folder" into symlink's context menu
Roman Inflianskas
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Sat Mar 3 14:06:12 GMT 2018
rominf added a comment.
In D10990#217438 <https://phabricator.kde.org/D10990#217438>, @markg wrote:
> I'm not so sure if this is a feature worth having.
> Dolphin also works under windows, it doesn't know symlinks (something like it, yes, but it's not a symlink as it is under linux).
>
> Also, is it worth exposing that technical detail (symlink is quite technical) to the user?
> Is a good solid reason for having this? Or would this just satisfy a edge case used by very few people (if ever)?
Suppose I have file `A` and symlink `B -> A`. I want to copy file `A` to the FAT formatted flash drive using symlink `B`. I get an error because FAT doesn't support symlinks. Ooops... Leaked abstraction.
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https://phabricator.kde.org/D10990
To: rominf, #dolphin
Cc: elvisangelaccio, markg, #dolphin
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