[Bug 187212] New: desktop-wide portable project/workspace saving

[Casper Clemence]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=187212

           Summary: desktop-wide portable project/workspace saving
           Product: kde
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: SuSE RPMs
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: maninalift at googlemail.com


Version:            (using KDE 4.2.1)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs

It would be great if it were possible to save/load desktop-wide projects and
transport them between computers.

What I have in mind is that applications are in control of deciding what data
may saved. When the user asks to save the desktop project the desktop-project
agent publishes a notification, applications then reply by publishing a list of
data which is available to be saved, the user then confirms which data to save,
the relevant files/settings/application-states are saved and tar-ed up.

I imagine the user being presented with some kind of a structured list
(probably a checkbox-tree like the ones for selecting folders to include in a
library), with reasonable defaults chosen (perhaps simply all selected by
default, perhaps the application decides).

kile
--files
-----file1
-----fiel2

kate
--good session
-----a file
-----another file
--bad session
-----stupid notes

On opening a project, if certain applications are not available the user should
be notified and alternative applications offered for opening the given file
where possible.

This is a very sparse description but I think that it would be a very useful
feature for many perhaps most users. There are lots of possibilities, this
could for instance play rather well with some of nepomuk's intended uses, but
the core, simple behaviour could be relatively simple to implement (maybe).

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