https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=225907
Summary: don't "reload" document when file has been deleted Product: okular Version: unspecified Platform: unspecified OS/Version: unspecified Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: wishlist Priority: NOR Component: general AssignedTo: okular-devel@kde.org ReportedBy: uet...@googlemail.com Version: (using KDE 4.3.5) Installed from: Unlisted Binary Package The "reload document on file change" feature is really neat, especially for people who produce PDFs files themselves. However, in case the document file isn't accessible at all anymore (i.e., deleted or read permissions removed), Okular should really skip the "reload", as that'll just result in a blank grey Okular window which obviously isn't useful in *any* circumstance. On the other hand, there *are* common usecases where it actually becomes quite inconvenient. __Usecase example:__ - I click a PDF link in a web browser - The web browser opens the PDF in a new Okular window - I leave it open for reading later - I close the web browser - I bring up the Okular window, and find: It's empty!! The following happened: The web browser automatically downloaded the PDF, saved it to a temporary file, and passed that file to Okular instead of the original URL. When closed, the browser deleted all it's temporary files. Okular "reloaded" the now nonexisting file. Now if I want to read the PDF, I need to close the Okular window, re-open the browser and find and open the PDF link again, this time remembering not to close the browser. This is a rather annoying experience, and the fact that it now happened to me 3 times in a row (y'know, when I do online research I have other things on my mind than constantly thinking about what window close will accidentally trigger which file reload) caused me to finally report this issue... -- Configure bugmail: https://bugs.kde.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. _______________________________________________ Okular-devel mailing list Okular-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/okular-devel