On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Simon Schampijer <si...@schampijer.de> wrote: > On 07/06/2011 10:29 PM, Walter Bender wrote: >> >> From: Walter Bender<walter.ben...@gmail.com> >> >> This patch adds $HOME/Documents to the volume toolbar in the Journal view. >> The rationale is to make it easier for people to move files in and out of >> the data store from the file system -- a feature oft requested by >> teachers. >> It also means that Sugar activities can more readily access files >> generated >> outside of Sugar -- another feature requested by teachers. >> >> Note that this patch requires the inclusion of a new icon, user-documents, >> that is included in a separate patch. >> >> The current version of this patch reflects feedback from Sascha Silbe (See >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/sugar-devel/2011-July/032200.html) > > First of all thanks for trying to solve this need. About the approach, I am > not sure the Journal is a good file browser. The information about the > hierarchical file system is lost.
Not important to the use case IMHO. > I presume the use case is to import/export > data from the Journal, similar to the view for an external device. Exactly. > I actually do not like that neither ;p For large file systems the current > Journal code takes a long time to scan and then one gets a view of files > where the expected ordering is lost. Not sure how to do that better besides > including a file browser, though. Browse is fine for browsing the hierarchy, but that is not the use case here. Teacher often create files outside of Sugar. Having a simple way to access those files from within Sugar is the goal. (Every teacher I have shown this to has been very envious of this feature.) Also, it will let kids access their OOffice and Tux files. > > I have to think about the general approach of how we show files on non > Journal devices a bit more. I agree that this is a general issue, but why hold up this patch because of it? > > Regards, > Simon > _______________________________________________ > Sugar-devel mailing list > Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > regards. -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel