"Open Containing Folder", difference between KDE and Gnome
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 1:59 pm
Hi,
On the box where i use Deluge most frequently i am running Ubuntu 8.04 and Deluge 1.0.2. For examples this is the scenario
Download location: /var/torrents/
Torrent contains directory in its toplevel: TorrentContentDir
Therefore when i start downloading the following dir is created: /var/torrents/TorrentContentDir
When i select "Open containing folder" Nautilus starts and goes to /var/torrents/ and i have to click on TorrentContentDir
Under Kubuntu when i do the same Dolphin starts and goes to /var/torrents/TorrentContentDir/, this is much more convenient. Yes i know iam lazy.
I have tried using Thunar as default file manager under KDE (works the same way as KDE + Dolphin, yes i know i should have tried Nautilus instead of Thunar but Thunar does not clutter the system with dependencies.)
I have tried using Dolphin as default file manager under Gnome (works the same way as Gnome + Nautilus)
I took a quick look at the source code, and xdg-open is used to open to location and "save_path" is supplied as an argument. Without being a Deluge dev. it sounds likely that /var/torrents/ should be the save_path and opened in the above described scenarios. Maybe there is a difference on how save_path is populated when Deluge is run under Gnome or KDE?
So my conclusion is that it is a difference between the two desktop managers. Anyone know if i can get Gnome to act the same way as KDE?
Cheers,
Frejen
On the box where i use Deluge most frequently i am running Ubuntu 8.04 and Deluge 1.0.2. For examples this is the scenario
Download location: /var/torrents/
Torrent contains directory in its toplevel: TorrentContentDir
Therefore when i start downloading the following dir is created: /var/torrents/TorrentContentDir
When i select "Open containing folder" Nautilus starts and goes to /var/torrents/ and i have to click on TorrentContentDir
Under Kubuntu when i do the same Dolphin starts and goes to /var/torrents/TorrentContentDir/, this is much more convenient. Yes i know iam lazy.
I have tried using Thunar as default file manager under KDE (works the same way as KDE + Dolphin, yes i know i should have tried Nautilus instead of Thunar but Thunar does not clutter the system with dependencies.)
I have tried using Dolphin as default file manager under Gnome (works the same way as Gnome + Nautilus)
I took a quick look at the source code, and xdg-open is used to open to location and "save_path" is supplied as an argument. Without being a Deluge dev. it sounds likely that /var/torrents/ should be the save_path and opened in the above described scenarios. Maybe there is a difference on how save_path is populated when Deluge is run under Gnome or KDE?
So my conclusion is that it is a difference between the two desktop managers. Anyone know if i can get Gnome to act the same way as KDE?
Cheers,
Frejen