[Thunar-dev] Enhancement with trash

[Stavros Giannouris]

Στις Wed, 06 Dec 2006 21:13:42 -0800
Ο/Η Bob Snyder <bob.snyder at cox.net> έγραψε:

> Jani Monoses wrote:
> > anthony viallard wrote:
> >
> >> yes i know but an option likes that will permit to use only the
> >> key "delete"...
> >>
> >
> > that would mean delete action can vary between different computers
> > and surprise users. Unlike mapping other shortcuts like window
> > max/min etc, getting this wrong can be a lot costlier.
>
> If the option were set by default to move a file to the trash, and a
> user was required to change the option to activate immediate removal
> on delete, how would it be surprising to that user that the file is
> gone?

Think of a situation were the system default is set to 'permanently
delete' by the administrator, and a user that is used to use trash uses
it. Isn't this surprising?

>
> Frankly, I find it surprising that a desktop environment which claims
> to support the Unix philosophy (and generally succeeds imo), doesn't
> provide the user with a way to obtain the Unix style rm command
> action.
>
You have shift+del. No need for more footshooting here.

> Bob S.
>

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