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Re: Directories allowed for apps (Future of it?)

 

Applications need to use the content-hub to open content created by other
applications.  See
https://developer.ubuntu.com/api/apps/qml/sdk-15.04/Ubuntu.Content.index/

Cheers,
Ken

On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 7:09 AM, Krzysztof Tataradziński <
ktatar156@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> First of all, if I good understand, that app 'xyz' can write only in
> folder .local/xyz or something like that, yes?
> Now suppose that Ubuntu has archived big success on mobile market,
> convergence and there will appear some Office app called 'xyz' from 3rd
> party partner.
> Most users, like me, are keeping their documents in ~/Documents dir.
> When I create document 'abc.odt' with that app, I will be able only to
> save file in .local/share/xyz folder, yes?
>
> Is there or will be any way to allow apps working with other folders?
>
> For now, using apps like WifiTransfer or Vulgry (that is downloading files
> /home/phablet/.local/share/ubuntu-download-manager/vulgry.johangm90/Downloads)
> is little uncomfortable.
>
> Are there any plans to solve that case?
>
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof Tataradziński
> https://launchpad.net/~ktatar156
>
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