Re: download files from iceweasel using kdialog
On 20/10/14 00:16, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote:
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> On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 7:51 AM, Scott Ferguson
> <scott.ferguson.debian.user@gmail.com
> <mailto:scott.ferguson.debian.user@gmail.com>> wrote:
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> On 19/10/14 23:32, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote:
> > When I download a file via chromium, it uses kdialog to figure out where
> > the file is supposed to be stored on the disk. I find this GUI to be
> > very intuitive compared to what iceweasel uses for choosing the file
> > location.
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> > Is there any way to tell iceweasel to use kdialog to choose the file
> > location when I try to download something?
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> x/y problem? :)
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> I am not sure what you mean by this. I tried searching wikipedia for
> "x/y problem" but did not find anything there.
Wikipedia isn't perfect. It's a somewhat obscure term.
I was referring to you wanting QT support in a GTK app.
You want to change the features of the file browser/picker - a y/z
problem in this case as the features you want you've seen in a native
KDE (QT) app.
You can't get QT support (easily) in Iceweasel/Firefox.
Thus the problem is an x/y problem - how to get those features another
way (use the alternative GTK file browser and theme it like KDE) - it
will then look more like the KDE interface you want. Try it. It's easy
and quick to change back.
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> I think you misunderstood my question.
No, but I did split the post into two parts (hit send too early). See
the second post for details on how to change the file chooser.
> I am aware of all this. But the
> file dialog you get when trying to save the files (after doing all of
> the above) is not very intuitive. Instead of this, I want kdialog to
> popup. To understand what I mean, try downloading a file from chromium
> and compare the widgets used by iceweasel.
You're comparing GTK (old and crusty) with QT (new and fast). Apples and
Oranges somewhat. Firefox has long been talking about refactoring and
recoding with QT, and SUSe has done some work on integrating it with KDE
more - but so far nothing easily workable has arrived.
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> raju
Kind regards
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