gnome-vfs is not well integrated
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gnome-vfs2 (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Wishlist
|
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs | ||
Bug Description
When a remote location is mounted with the "Connect to server..." option, the location shows up in the open/save dialogs of a number of apps and it can be used just like the normal filesystem. However some applications (including GNOME programs) don't know about this connection, and files cannot be opened or saved (when doubleclicked in nautilus, errors occur).
I quickly tested an ssh connection and got the following:
real GNOME programs (totem, eog, gedit work fine)
archive-manager: nothing happens, remote locations don't show up in open dialog
evince: can open files, but not possible to save to remote locations
tomboy: cannot export HTML notes
other commonly used programs:
openoffice: a username/password dialog is shown, but doesn't work with the correct data
firefox: "don't know how to handle ssh://"
GIMP: "cannot open"
This is very user-unfriendly. Maybe it's better to mount remote locations through FUSE so that all programs can work with these network connections?
| Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in gnome-vfs2: | |
| assignee: | nobody → desktop-bugs |
| importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
| status: | Unconfirmed → Rejected |
Thank you for your bug. That's not due to gnome-vfs2 if those applications are not using it. The library is being rewritten and the new gvfs will allow all the applications to use network shares. Closing the bug, that's not one