Version: 1.5 (using KDE 3.1.0 (RC6)) Installed from: compiled sources Compiler: gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.3 2.96-113) OS: Linux (i686) release 2.4.18-19.7.x I received an E-mail with a text file attachment. I clicked on it in the E-mail and it opened up in KWrite. I then edited the text and clicked the Save icon in KWrite. Later I looked for the edited file, thought I had lost it but found it in /tmp/kde-.... To avoid this problem I wish for KMail to prompt for a location to save the edited file i.e. as if it was a new file.
Combined with 39537 this makes for something horrible: 1. open attachment with KWord 2. insert something, e.g. "new text" 3. Alt-S or click "Save" 4. Exit KWord 5. Exit KMail (cleans /tmp/kde-user/kmail... dir) 6. Start KMail 7. Open attachment and find changes gone! But you haven't been warned! Do you think because this feature is also offerred by MS Office and MS Outlook you should keep it? ;) I doubt. I am glad that my friend lost his 2 1/2 hard work using MS products, not KDE ones... I would have had a hard time... Friedrich
In KMail 1.6 all temporary files will be read-only. So the user will notice that he can't change the attachments/files resp. that he has to save the changed attachments/files with another name.
This is NOT a bug - the resultant "bug fix" is hugely annoying and I patch the "fix" out everytime I get a new kmail. Marking files RO is hugely irritating - I suffer from a huge volume of word docs which I read in ooffice or wahtever. They are invetitably formated incorrectly and I want to change the font size etc but cannot due to the RO flag. The solution is to leave this on by default for the small percentage of novice users but include a button to stop it marking things RO for anyone with more than 1 weeks computer experience. The real problem is kmail not checking to see if a temp file has been modified since it saved it - if it has been modified then kmail should not delete it as kmail NO LONGER OWNS IT! --- kmreaderwin.cpp.wrong 2006-01-19 16:55:47.000000000 +0000 +++ kmreaderwin.cpp.right 2006-09-29 09:24:24.000000000 +0100 @@ -1692,7 +1692,8 @@ mTempFiles.append( fname ); // make file read-only so that nobody gets the impression that he might // edit attached files (cf. bug #52813) - ::chmod( QFile::encodeName( fname ), S_IRUSR ); +//disable this bloody feature as it is multoannoying + //::chmod( QFile::encodeName( fname ), S_IRUSR ); return fname; }
But after changing the font etc. in the document, you need to "save as" somewhere else anyway, right? No point in saving it into some kmail temp dir. So why not just save as -before- editing? Then the readonly state goes away.
I missed this comment - answer is I don't want to save the document - I just want to change it, read it print it and throw it away
Add yourself to the CC list in order to not miss comments :) I agree that an option would be a good solution for this. By default we have to keep the "data loss prevention" solution, which is the make the file readonly.... Reopening the wish on your behalf.
*** Bug 117006 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 189092 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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