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Idea #2297: The aMule's "Incoming" directory must be more explicit

bug This entry was marked as not being an idea the 25 September 11. If this is a bug report, please use the Ubuntu bug tracker.
Written by ricardo the 1 Mar 08 at 20:29. Category: Internet & Networking. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: Not an idea
Rationale
aMule is a very popular P2P client, equivalent to the Windows eMule client.

It's difficult for the newbie to find out the Incoming directory of aMule, because it's inside the hidden directory ".aMule".

There must be (in the adecuate place) a symlink to the aMule's "Incoming" directory, i.e. "~/.aMule/Incoming". Several posible places are:

- The home directory (/home/user/Incoming)
- The user Desktop (/home/user/Desktop/Incoming)
- A more general "Downloads" directory (/home/user/Downloads/Incoming)
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #2297
Written by ricardo the 1 Mar 08 at 20:29.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #2297 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

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probono wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 20:32
This is not an Ubuntu issue. Ubuntu (the operating system) should not change the behavior of apps.

Besides, you can easily change the location.

ricardo wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 20:45
I don't want to change the app behaviour. I only want to have an explicit symlink to a (basically) hidden directory, in order to get it more explicit to the newbie user who wants to get the files he/she downloaded with aMule.

Greyor wrote on the 2 Mar 08 at 00:36
But you are asking to change the app behavior. Ubuntu shouldn't be doing that at the OS level -- if you have a concern about this, email the author of the application and ask them to do so.

People should familiarise themselves with hidden directories, in any case, because sometimes you do need to go rooting around in there.

cheesehead (Brainstorm admin) wrote on the 25 Sep 11 at 22:16
Please file a bug report against amule for this issue.
Closing in Brainstorm.


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