(*** This bug was imported into bugs.kde.org ***) Package: konsole Version: KDE 2.2.2 Severity: wishlist Installed from: RedHat RPMs Compiler: Not Specified OS: Not Specified OS/Compiler notes: Not Specified It would be great to make konsole aware of the directory it is in so that a file can be dragged onto the konsole window and that file would be copied into the $PWD. Right now the terminal's power is a little (just a tiny little) limited in that it doesn't interact with other windows at all unless one knows specific switches. Drag and drop should be a tremendous boon. (Submitted via bugs.kde.org)
Konsole is not in a directory your shell perhaps is. We could extend the drag and drop popup-menu with "Copy" "Link" and "Move" entries but this would of course only work if source & destination are in local file system.
On Tuesday 12 March 2002 13:24 you wrote: > Konsole is not in a directory your shell perhaps is. We could extend the > drag and drop popup-menu with "Copy" "Link" and "Move" entries but this > would of course only work if source & destination are in local file system. This is a step but I think that the technique becomes truly useful when it allows to do things using drag and drop that cannot be done with a simple command. Thus since downloading a jpeg image displayed in konqueror into a particular directory cannot easily be done with one command (unless the location in the cache is known) drag and drop becomes an interesting addition to the CLI. Think of it in a different way can Konqueror have a shell plugin that allows drag and drop? The shell plugin already exists but does not support drag and drop yet. -- Arie Folger Research databases at Stern
> The shell plugin already exists but does not support drag and drop yet. It's not a shell plugin it`s a terminal emulator. That's a big difference.
On Sunday 17 March 2002 6:09 you wrote: > > The shell plugin already exists but does not support drag and drop yet. > > It's not a shell plugin it`s a terminal emulator. That's a big difference. Is that doable though? -- Arie Folger Research databases at Stern
Everything is with a certain amount of effort. :-)
The popupmenu has been extended with "cp" "ln" and "mv" entries. I don't think "real" drag and drop will be ever implemented.