Replace virtual:/ protocol with KIO-Stash
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Description

kio-stash was written by a student during GSOC 2016 and is currently made an official project.

It has the same purpose as virtual:/, lists of references to files, but with currently (at least) two limitations:

  • not persistent between reboots. We could extend kio-stash or make the solution Krusader specific (again).
  • no full support for other protocols than file:/ (at least mtp:/). Must be tested and fixed.

We can remove a lot code that takes care of virtual:/ once there is a full replacement.

(And as bonus: e.g. create search results in Krusader and view and use them in Dolphin or Konqueror)

abika created this task.May 31 2017, 5:18 PM
szafar added a subscriber: szafar.Jul 8 2018, 10:40 PM

Yeah, I keep forgetting the fact that virt:// is totally inside Krusader and dolphin or other apps can't see the results.

Tell me this - can other command line applications interact with stash:// ?

abika added a comment.Jul 9 2018, 7:38 AM

Tell me this - can other command line applications interact with stash:// ?

Because its KIO only KDE applications support it.
E.g. "cp" doesn't know about stash:/ but with "kioclient" you can do file operations in stash:/ on the command line.

szafar added a comment.Jul 9 2018, 7:44 AM

Not the best place to ask, but is there a way to integrate KIO in my application that is written in Python + PyQt and not in C++ ?

abika added a comment.Jul 9 2018, 6:28 PM

Sry, I know not more than https://www.startpage.com/do/search?q=python+kio. You should ask on kde-devel@kde.org.