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"Administrator mode" for Dolphin/Nautilus
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Written by droetker the 20 Jul 08 at 12:00.
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ATM it is very uneasy to edit system files as root with a GUI.
E.g. if you want to edit files in /etc, /boot/ etc... you have to go to the console, get root and edit the files either with nanno or with "sudo gedit" (GNOME) or "sudo kate" (KDE).
It would be a good idea to integrate a "Administrator mode" button or something like this with policykit backend into nautilus/dolphin.
I think for nautilus is something lika that underways, but for dolphin not.
To access root-only directories a question while entering the dir would be ok, but for editing files e.g this is not enough.
Other solution would be - every time I don't have the rights to do something (save /etc/samba/smb.conf e.g.) the systema asks me for the password.
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Kubuntu : Dolphin encryption by default doesnt work
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Written by acet the 7 Mar 08 at 19:03.
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In Dolphin one of the default options for a folder or file is to encrypt it. However kgpg is not installed by default so when you try it tells you that it cant encrypt it.
Personally, I dont think there's any need for an encryption option by default, but whether or not there's a need for it, if youre going to offer it by default surely it should be a real availability.
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thumbnail retreival slow and effectively prevents selection until done
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Written by betlog the 24 Aug 10 at 16:02.
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EDIT:The problematic issue seems to be exclusively in Dolphin. I do not, for example, find it a problem with gthumb
RELATED: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/25678/
When loading a folder that has a large number of images, the presentation of the thumbnails always takes a long time, and until they are all loaded the sequence of the images constantly changes; making selection almost impossible.
I suspect the problem is that thumbnails are always retrieved in a "sort by name" sequence. But if the folder is sorted "by date, descending" the mismatch between the two creates a rather long wait state for the user before they can click an image.
This is particularly annoying in situations where the user is opening a web browser "file upload" dialog to upload a single image file.
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krename update
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Written by incredion the 14 Oct 09 at 07:10.
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I found that krename in kubuntu-64 repositories is still V3.0.14, while a suse-guy tells me he has
1. V 4.0
2. which integrates nicely in Dolphin!
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Advanced Copy Function 'Copy with path' (Dolphin)
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Written by incredion the 4 Sep 09 at 07:29.
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I often want to copy one or more files that reside deep in a directory tree in different subdirs and keep the whole directory structure even on the destination path.
But the destination path should only hold the specific files i wanted to copy, not all that are on the source path, so I cannot simply copy the whole dir.
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File selection in File Managers (like Dolphin) is stone-age
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Written by incredion the 4 Sep 09 at 07:25.
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So far, you can only select files from one directory at a time.
However I often intend to copy/move/delete/whatever more than one files from a complex directory tree structure at once. Also files that reside in differrent subdirs.
I do not want to copy the whole subdir! I do not want to copy them in several steps. I want to select these files that reside in several subdirs in one step and copy them in one job.
(this combined to the Advanced Copy Function 'Copy With Path' makes it very easy to selectively copy path/file structures to other disks, external media, players etc. e.g.)
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Features lacking in current Dolphin/Nautilus
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Written by NinjaNumberNine the 15 Aug 10 at 15:12.
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Note: Perhaps this has been added in nautilus, I am using KDE at present, and its version of nautilus may be old (2.30.1).
Suffice it to say, this is an elusive (at best) feature that i really miss from Windows. It had an option when you right-clicked an image file, to 'Set as Background' or similar. In Dolphin and Nautilus, there are no options for 'setting as desktop background'. I know that there is a plugin for nautilus to allow this, but the end user wouldn't know of it. And in KDE, you just about have to use the 'Desktop Activity Settings' module to change your wallpaper. Even Gwenview lacks this option... while M$ Picture and Fax Viewer has it. The current 'desktop settings' apps in gnome and kde have only the option to import images one by one. It would be useful to allow importing an entire folder, that the program would find all the image files from, and show them in the list.
Sorry to rant, I love all the *buntus, it's just a small issue anyhow.
-NinjaNumberNine
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