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Bug 48353 - links should be followed when you open them
links should be followed when you open them
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 114074
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: Navigation
0.x.x [obsolete]
Other Linux
: Normal minor
: 1.1.x
Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks: 47682
 
 
Reported: 2001-06-18 09:54 UTC by toralf
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.0


Attachments
Fix (1.55 KB, patch)
2001-09-23 22:49 UTC, Anders Carlsson
none Details | Review

Description toralf 2001-09-10 01:18:41 UTC
When I double click on an icon created by linking a file or directory to the
desktop, ~/.gnome-desktop/<file name> will be passed to the file handler or
directory view. I find this rather confusing. Wouldn't it be better to pass
<link value> instead?



------- Bug moved to this database by unknown@bugzilla.gnome.org 2001-09-09 21:18 -------

The original reporter (toralf@kscanners.com) of this bug does not have an account here.
Reassigning to the exporter, unknown@bugzilla.gnome.org.

Comment 1 Anders Carlsson 2001-09-23 22:49:20 UTC
Created attachment 5664 [details] [review]
Fix
Comment 2 Anders Carlsson 2001-09-23 22:49:41 UTC
Attached a fix for the bug. Don't know if it's correct but it Works
For Me(tm)
Comment 3 Darin Adler 2001-09-23 23:32:47 UTC
The patch looks pretty good. It will make Nautilus follow the link if
the NautilusFile machinery has has already read it in at the time you
double-click it. But if it hasn't already read it in, it won't follow
the link.

There are two things we'd have to do to make this perfect: First, we'd
have to ensure that there's something in the code that ensures it
tries to read the target of the symbolic link. Second, we'd want to do
the "right thing" when you double-click before the symbolic link's
target is read.

But in the mean time, I guess we can check in this change, because it
will work most of the time.
Comment 4 Manuel Clos 2001-09-24 20:07:59 UTC
A symlink is a symlink, so ~/Desktop should be shown as ~/Desktop and
not ~/.gnome-desktop.

Said this, I will want a way to create shortcuts instead of symlinks,
this is, a desktop file, a url, a bookmark, ... so when using the
right button for DnD it will show "add shortcut" in addition to
"create symlink".
Comment 5 Anders Carlsson 2001-10-22 22:33:07 UTC
OK, I've committed the patch. I'll keep the bug open still though,
until we come up with a better fix.
Comment 6 John Fleck 2002-01-26 04:15:52 UTC
Adding GNOME2 keyword.
Comment 7 Luis Villa 2002-02-25 18:19:05 UTC
Removing PATCH keyword since the patch here has already been committed.
Comment 8 Luis Villa 2004-04-08 21:53:21 UTC
Comment on attachment 5664 [details] [review]
Fix

Marking patch obsolete because it has already been committed. Sort of weird, I
guess, but it is the only sane current status for a patch committed on a bug
that has been left open.
Comment 9 Zack Cerza 2004-08-11 16:53:48 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 114074 ***