https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=196703
--- Comment #7 from Felix Ernst <felixer...@kde.org> --- (In reply to Bernd Steinhauser from comment #6) > (In reply to Felix Ernst from comment #5) > > Why should Dolphin do the syncing of folders instead of some external and > > specialised tool? > > > I did not say to not use rsync, just that full support for it might be a bit > much. rsync has like a million options. I've used GUIs for it before, it > gets very confusing very fast, if you don't know the tool anyways. I also > hear quite often of newbies trying to use rsync and getting really confused > by the lengthy manual. Hmm, okay. Thanks for elaborating. Still, only because a GUI for this is implemented in Dolphin, it will not automatically be pretty. And if there was a pretty GUI for this in an external application, Dolphin could point users there. I don't see a good reason why this should be integrated into Dolphin directly. > > If this is only about syncing two tabs, isn't this quite easily accomplished > > by "Select All" in one tab. "Copy" and then "Paste" in the other? > Only partially. Syncing is also about comparing the two folders, e.g. seeing > which files are missing in one folder, which would be updated etc. > Furthermore, what you suggested will only copy new files, but it won't > delete any files that the source does not have. (i.e. rsync's --delete). > See Free Commander's online manual as an example. The UI is a bit of a mess, > but you get the idea. > https://freecommander.com/fchelpxe/en/Synchronize.html Ah okay. There really are a lot of settings there. It does seem to be its own window, so from what I can tell this window could also be put in a separate application. I also see that there are already applications which are meant to be GUIs for rsync. A quick online search gives me Grsync (not sure if this one still exists) and Unison (https://github.com/bcpierce00/unison). Now, looking back at the original request from 16 years ago above which says "It could be put in the tools menu :)", I think a good way forward would be if Dolphin's "Tools" menu had an action called "Synchronize Two Locations…" (or similar). That action would then either take the two locations which are currently open in Dolphin's split area mode in the current tab, or allow the user to choose among two locations among the open tabs. Those two locations should then in my opinion be passed to an external application that is launched right then and there. That external application would take the two location and show a user interface for syncing them. This way the user experience for Dolphin users is pretty much native, but we would have a clear separation of responsibilities. Furthermore it would allow us to switch the application Dolphin points to if a better one ever comes up. I hope that makes sense. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
