Bug 256352 - the use of "home" folder when saving or loading is confusing
Summary: the use of "home" folder when saving or loading is confusing
Status: RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Alias: None
Product: kmail
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 1.13.5
Platform: Unlisted Binaries Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdepim bugs
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: 259952 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2010-11-08 11:13 UTC by davidblunkett
Modified: 2015-04-12 10:19 UTC (History)
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Description davidblunkett 2010-11-08 11:13:53 UTC 
Version:           1.13.5 (using KDE 4.4.4) 
OS:                Linux

When saving or loading a file kde dialogs show

>Home

to refer to the users home folder.  Most unix systems put the users' homes in /home/username.  Hence ">home" is both confusing and annoying as it looks like it should refer to "/home/" rather than "/home/username/".

Acceptable solutions would be "> Home folder" or ">home>username" but what is wrong with "/home/username"? 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
In and kde 4.4 app save or load a file, the users' home directory appear as ">home"

Actual Results:  
In and kde 4.4 app save or load a file, the users' home directory appear as ">home"

Expected Results:  
The user's home should appear as "/home/username" or "~username" or anyone of the correct ways to refer to this path instead of the incorrect and confusing ">Home"

OS: Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.35.4-12-desktop-matt
Compiler: gcc
Comment 1 davidblunkett 2011-08-23 07:58:31 UTC 
*** Bug 259952 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 Laurent Montel 2015-04-12 10:19:54 UTC 
Thank you for taking the time to file a bug report.

KMail2 was released in 2011, and the entire code base went through significant changes. We are currently in the process of porting to Qt5 and KF5. It is unlikely that these bugs are still valid in KMail2.

We welcome you to try out KMail 2 with the KDE 4.14 release and give your feedback.