Adam, Sebastien, I have clarified this in the Mallard documentation. Some more changes are coming and I will upload them later. Peter
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 6:29 PM, Adam Dingle <[email protected]> wrote: > Sebastian, > > On 08/18/2010 12:21 AM, Sebastian Spaeth wrote: > > I just read the mallard documentation at > > http://trac.yorba.org/browser/shotwell/trunk/help/organise-delete.page > > because I was not clear about how the shotwell trash operates and I am > > still not clear. The issue is the shotwell "Trash" function. > > > > Will "move to trash" in shotwell also move the original photo file to > > the Operating System's "trash"? I strongly suspect no, but then that > > should be spelled out somewhere probably. > > > > I am asking as I naively expect that in modern and integrated OSes a > "move to > > trash" from within the application would basically behave similar to a > > "move to trash" on the file from within the file manager. > > > > When you move a photo to the trash in Shotwell it is *not* moved to the > desktop (operating system) trash - that happens only when you empty the > Shotwell trash. I agree that the documentation should make this more > clear. I've just updated the Shotwell user guide at > http://trac.yorba.org/wiki/UsingShotwell0.6 to clarify this point. As > you may know, Shotwell 0.7 will include both an updated user guide and > Mallard documentation. Peter Smith is working on the Mallard > documentation, so hopefully he can clarify this there as well. > > > Either behavior would be fine for me, but it should be spelled out > explicitly > > in that doc IMHO. Perhaps (post .7 this should be renamed to something > > less ambiguous, such as "mark as deleted" or "mark for deletion". Not > sure. > > > > In a future release we're considering moving files to the desktop trash > as soon as you move them to the Shotwell trash, but have made no > decision about this - feedback about this idea is welcome. > > cheers > adam > > _______________________________________________ > Shotwell mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell > _______________________________________________ Shotwell mailing list [email protected] http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell
