On Sunday 08 January 2006 19:13, kanenas@hawaii.rr.com wrote:
I will not try to start another philosophical discussion on the best way things should work, but, if i delete a file, then clear out the trash bin, I would expect said file to be gone.
Am I right in guessing you are logged in as yourself but ran konqueror as root, then tried to clear the trashcan from your own desktop?
If you run konqueror as root it will put it in root's trashcan. I hope you don't mean all users should work with one global trashcan
Having to play detective to find what occasionally really happens to a simple delete is not an indicator of a proper design, instead it points to a major KISS violation.
As far as I know, it's the way all major desktops work The proper design of the trashcan should allow a particular user to remove *all* the deleted files during his/her session. It might be as simple as
On Sunday 08 January 2006 08:25, Anders Johansson wrote: putting all the deleted files -even the ones deleted as an su- into the local trash bin! This could be an enhancement for the future. Until then i will be using the shift-del combo religiously:)