Bug 186236 - address bar does not preserve tilde(~) but expands it
Summary: address bar does not preserve tilde(~) but expands it
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: konqueror
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 3.5
Platform: Debian testing Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Konqueror Developers
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2009-03-05 17:15 UTC by Jari Aalto
Modified: 2011-06-23 20:00 UTC (History)
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Description Jari Aalto 2009-03-05 17:15:41 UTC
Version:            (using KDE 3.5.10)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Debian testing/unstable Packages

TEST SETUP

1. Copy some HOME related ddress from terminal. An example

    ~/tmp

2. Paste it into konqeror's address bar. Press RET to activate panel

3. The address bar epxands the tilde (~) to absolute path.

EFFECTS

When the path is transformed from (~) to absolute path,
information is lost. The address can no longer be copied back to
the applications residing in other hosts (NFS/automounted etc).

Example:

   Host A maps ~  to /home       (localhost; konqueror; browsing dirs)
   Host B maps ~  to /home/u/

User navigates/borowses information in Host A un konqueror.
When he finds what he's looking for, he'd like topy the path location:
for use in host B.

If the address were preserved in tilde form (~), the path
information, could have been copy/pasted to another application
needing it, in Host B. Here, the host B's terminal window would
have been open, where the path infromation could have been be
pasted.

CORRECTIVE ACTIONS

Please preserve the tilde with the path in the adddress bar.
Comment 1 Martin Koller 2011-06-23 20:00:38 UTC
this is a wish, still valid for 4.6.4