"Save copy as" option

[Albert Astals Cid]

El dijous, 11 d’octubre de 2018, a les 10:28:49 CEST, Dominique Delande va escriure:
> At least kate, kile, kwrite, kbibtex (apps that I often use, Debian 
> Stretch version) offer the option "Save copy as". Outside KDE, 
> libreoffice also has a similar option "Save a copy".
> As I explained, the difference - to the best of my knowledge- is the 
> default directory: the one where the file is for "Save as", the last one 
> used for "Save copy as".

Does kate actually do that?

Because i just "Save copy as" a file to my home, then went to do "Save copy as" to a different file and it didn't suggest my home.

Cheers,
  Albert

> As the "Save copy as" option existed in earlier version of okular, I 
> understand that it was a design choice to remove it.
> I find it a poor choice, and would appreciate if it is reverted. Of 
> course, the developers decide |-).
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Dominique
> 
> El dimecres, 10 d’octubre de 2018, a les 21:11:26 CEST, Dominique 
> Delande va escriure:
>  > Unfortunately, the directory where I would like to save the file is
>  > often much more than one click away, if it is far from my homedir.
> 
> Then just add it as a favorite for your left bar, it will be one click 
> away from that point on
> 
>  > If I have few files to save, the "Save as" option starts each time in
>  > /tmp, which is penible.
> 
> It doesn't start on /tmp, it starts where the file is.
> 
>  > The old "Save copy as" option remembered the
>  > last directory used, which is more convenient (less clicks).
>  > Previous version of okular had both "Save as" and "Save copy as".
>  > Also, many other software have these two options which have different
>  > use cases.
> 
> Really? Can you explain what is the difference between "Save as" and 
> "Save copy as"? And can you give me another application that has those 
> two options?
> 
> Cheers,
>    Albert
> 
>  >
>  > Best regards
>  >
>  > Dominique
>  >
>  > El dimarts, 9 d’octubre de 2018, a les 11:09:54 CEST, Dominique Delande
>  > va escriure:
>  >  > Thank you for producing okular, which I use every day |-).
>  >  > In old versions of okular (e.g. version packaged with Debian Stretch),
>  >  > there was a very useful option "Save copy as". This made it 
> possible to
>  >  > simply save a PDF file downloaded from a browser. In such a case, with
>  >  > the option "Save as", okular proposes to save in /tmp, which is VERY
>  >  > inconvenient.
>  >  > Apparently, the "Save copy as" option has recently disappeared; it 
> is no
>  >  > longer present in version 1.3.3 used bu Ubuntu 18.04.
>  >  > Any plans to restore this extremely useful option?
>  >
>  > "Save copy as" is just "Save as" now.
>  >
>  > I don't understand why proposing /tmp (which is where the file lives) is
>  > so inconvenient, your home or whatever you prefer is just a click away
>  > on the save dialog using the left sidebar, no?
>  >
>  > Cheers,
>  >    Albert
>  >
>  >
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