#4472 HIGH Untriag: Need to be able to get at decompressed Journal entries

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#4472: Need to be able to get at decompressed Journal entries
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  Reporter:  AlexL             |       Owner:  tomeu    
      Type:  enhancement       |      Status:  new      
  Priority:  high              |   Milestone:  Untriaged
 Component:  journal-activity  |     Version:           
Resolution:                    |    Keywords:  relnote  
  Verified:  0                 |  
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Comment(by tomeu):

 Replying to [comment:4 AlexL]:
 > One reason for this to be done is for finding journal entries from a
 file browser. For example, paint allows the user to search through the
 file system for images to insert.

 Most activities won't be allowed to read the whole file system for privacy
 reasons.

 > If you have a picture in the journal: 1. It is not possible to get to it
 because the file browser doesn't show . directories.

 The journal doesn't have a hierarchical organization. See
 http://wiki.laptop.org/go/HIG for a explanation of the journal concept.

 > 2. Even if one were able to get to the datastore, it's not in a human
 readable form, so one still wouldn't be able to find the image file.

 Activities should use the object chooser, and that would show the title,
 icon, date, etc. about each entry, also allowing to search and filter.

 > This can be worked around by dragging the journal entry onto a usb
 stick, and finding the image file in the media/(usbstickname) directory.

 That won't be allowed once security is in place. Also, activities are
 expected to use the journal  for its storage and retrieval needs.

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Ticket URL: <https://dev.laptop.org/ticket/4472#comment:6>
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