My question is -- why does mine already function like this? I have the
empty or non empty trash
kdm wrote:
>
> The idea of **NOT** dropping everything you choose to **DELETE** into the
> recycle/trash bin, is that the user is **SMART** enough to judge whether he/she
> really wants to delete that particular file. The same idea behind the
> KDE one click, the user is smart enough to know that they made the
> right choice with the **FIRST** click, and does not need to verify every
> choice they make. Personally I agree, anything else is a step backwards.
>
> The question is: Are **YOU** smart enough?
>
> > Dear friends:
> >
> > I have been using KDE for over a year now, beginning with Red Hat 6.0,
> > then Linux Mandrake 6.1, then Linux Mandrake 7.0 and now Linux Mandrake
> > 7.1. Very pleased, all in all.
> >
> > Yet, one thing that continues to mystify me is the Trash can. My KDE
> > 1.1.1 manual tells me that you can drag n drop files from the File
> > Manager into the Trash can. Well, that' s no different and actually more
> > cumbersome than going into an xterm and typing rm file.xxx. Okay, I am
> > willing to accept that as a graphical way of doing it.
> >
> > What I would REALLY like to know is if there is a way for the KDE Trash
> > to function the way it the Recycle Bin does in Windows: that is, to help
> > you save a file that you ACCIDENTALLY deleted. Now that would be
> > something. In Windows 95 and above, any file you inadvertently delete is
> > not actually deleted but dumped in the Recycle Bin, from which you can
> > always retrieve it. Similarly in Win3.1, by using Sentry, you can
> > retrieve lost files. Can KDE's Trash do the same? Will it be able to do
> > it in KDE2? Is there any way to do this in LM 7.1? Does the new Reiser
> > File System have anything to do with this? We all know how easy it is to
> > inadvertently lose a file, especially if you are a newbie and especially
> > if you have come from Windows and are used to having the Recycle Bin
> > rescue you from your mistakes.
> >
> > If this key function is not yet available in Linux, it certainly ought
> > to be. At least in my opinion. And especially for user-friendly distros,
> > including the one I am using, Linux Mandrake.
> >
> > Thanks so much for listening.
> >
> > Benjamin
> >
> >
> >
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