On 05/25/14 17:18, Campbell Barton wrote: > On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 9:55 AM, gandalf3 <[email protected]> wrote: >> What is the reason blender can't (or won't) delete directories? >> Is there a technical limitation? >> Or is this a design decision? >> >> If it's not a technical issue, what is the reasoning behind this? >> >> -- >> -gandalf3 > Recursive delete isn't implemented on windows, though there is a patch > to resolve this. > see: https://developer.blender.org/D531 > > I'm not aware of some official rationale for this, but it moves to > making Blender a full fledged file-manager, (should we add ability to > copy/move files & directories too?). > > Currently we only have a few simple operations which are convenient > for managing texture & blend file names, but for more advanced > operations I think its better if we don't attempt to be a real > file-manager. > Other devs may have different opinions on this though. Thanks for the response :)
I can understand that becoming a full fledged file manager (with copy/paste) is not a priority/todo for blender (nor should it be), but no directory deletion can be annoying when a directory is created from blender accidentally (e.g. to name one case, a mis-click when naming a new directory) > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers -- -gandalf3 _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
