[Sugar-devel] Browse.xo -- preserving a downloaded filename?

[Bert Freudenberg]

On 30.06.2009, at 19:20, Simon Schampijer wrote:

> On 06/30/2009 07:17 PM, Martin Langhoff wrote:
>> Using Browse.xo v101 on 8.2.x I cannot get Browse.xo to save a file
>> with the name that I am requesting.
>>
>> Browse.xo seems to take the name I hint from the server (from the URL
>> and using an 'content-disposition: attachment, filename="leases.sig"'
>> header). But it renames it as
>>
>>   "File leases.sig downloaded from http://.. "
>>
>> Filenames are often important. Even minor changes to a filename can
>> cause a lot of user grief.
>>
>> In general, OSs (from the kernel to the UI) try to keep the sanctity
>> of the filename as they do with the data. When they don't, all sorts
>> of trouble ensues. We wouldn't mangle the user's data. We shouldn't
>> mangle the filenames.
>>
>> Decorating the filenames with additional metadata is _cool_ otoh...
>>
>> cheers,
>>
>>
>>
>> m
>
> Actually I came along this myself the other day. I would propose to  
> have
> the file name as the entry title and the 'downloaded from' description
> in the journal entry description field.

While I would like this change it might make the Journal look more  
like a file manager which it isn't.

- Bert -