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 Shotwell@lists.yorba.org http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell
