Comment 2 for bug 884935

On 11/01/2011 11:28 PM, Kovid Goyal wrote:
> The delete function puts thigs in the trash can on all platforms that have
> halfway decent support for trashcans, linux is not one of them. Furthermore,
> the delete function has a confirmation dialog.
>
> If you want trash can support on linux, IIRC there was some
> freedesktop.org specification for trashcans. Write some code to use it and
> submit that code, I will be happy to accept a patch.
>
> status wontfix
>
> ** Changed in: calibre
> Status: New => Won't Fix
>
I cannot comment on the degree of trash can support within Linux; I am
what you might call an "advanced consumer," most definitely not a
programmer/hacker/guru. It has a trashcan, and "normal" file deletion,
as in within Nautilus file manager and other 'integrated' programs
(read: came with the distribution,) does put deleted items in the
trashcan. Apparently this is broken within the Calibre application.

Not to beat a dead horse, sir, but there is most emphatically NOT a
confirmation dialog for remove book; I just fired Calibre up and deleted
a book to see if I was indeed wrong. I clicked on the book. I clicked
on remove book. The book vanished from Calibre. NO confirmation, just
gone. Book folder within the containing directory, just gone.

Perhaps there IS a confirmation dialog, and it simply is broken in my
install/OS environment. I'm not a programmer (never learned to code, no
aptitude, insufficient attitude.) I'll just have to treat 'remove book'
like the loaded gun that it is. Thanks for the reply, at least.