https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=443168
--- Comment #26 from Robin Bankhead <kde.b...@headbank.co.uk> --- @JoostR it's not at all inappropriate to discuss how to resolve a bug in that bug's comment thread. That's exactly what it is for. What behaviour is desired must be hashed out before it can be implemented in code. What concerned me above was scope-creep. Perhaps I was mistaken, but I did not think any of us were concerned with .directory file handling before Andrew joined the thread. Per-directory behaviour was not mentioned in the bug summary. I do not use .directory files; I thought that (a) Dolphin does not use them by default, and (b) thus most people do not use them. Perhaps I'm incorrect in one or both of these assumptions too; if so please set me straight and accept my apologies. Based on Andrew's initial post it seems clear that Gwenview knows nothing of .directory files, not even through Dolphin: It simply copies Dolphin's *global* sort setting. Any solution to this particular bug needs to address how Gwenview behaves when there are no .directory files involved. My suggestion remains: 1) Gwenview should implement commandline switches that allow to override its configured default sort-mode 2) Dolphin should invoke Gwenview with the switches to mirror its own sort-mode, or not, as a configuration option (which option is the default: TBD) Alternatively, if it's considered undesirable for the two apps to be codependent in this way for the sake of this one feature, let Gwenview ignore Dolphin entirely. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
