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Drag-n-drop of file to map creates a subfolder _files and copies the file to it.

Alexandre
2021-10-02
2021-10-05
  • Alexandre

    Alexandre - 2021-10-02

    Hi,
    I am trying a older version of Freeplane, 1.7.x on Linux. And I noticed a behavior when for example an image is dropped to a map called for example "MyMap.mm" it will create a folder MyMap_files in the same directory as the map and will copy the image to it and will link it. Also it will add a numeric value to the filename like MyImageFile_5687123989328929834.png.
    Any ideas how to deactivate that behavior. I never noticed that behavior before, maybe when I was using 1.7.x in the beginning it was like this and I changed some setting? For now I did some scripts to fix the paths etc but it seems better in Linux not to drag-n-drop but to copy-paste the files.
    Links are set to absolute.
    Thanks,
    Alexandre

     
  • quickfold

    quickfold - 2021-10-04

    Apologies for the off-topic question, but do you mind explaining why you are using an old version of Freeplane? I see some community members doing this intentionally and understanding why they do might affect the new documentation.

     
    • Alexandre

      Alexandre - 2021-10-04

      Hi quickfold,

      On windows I use the latest 1.9.x. But I am trying linux in a vm and
      installed freeplane from the application manager which installed version
      1.7.x.

      Thanks.

      On Mon, 4 Oct 2021 at 04:12, quickfold quickfold@users.sourceforge.net
      wrote:

      Apologies for the off-topic question, but do you mind explaining why you
      are using an old version of Freeplane? I see some community members doing
      this intentionally and understanding why they do might affect the new
      documentation.


      Drag-n-drop of file to map creates a subfolder _files and copies the file
      to it.
      https://sourceforge.net/p/freeplane/discussion/758437/thread/48d692ec86/?limit=25#ec77


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      • quickfold

        quickfold - 2021-10-04

        I think it's best to install the most recent version of FP to confirm that the bug still exists before asking for support for an older version if there is no compelling reason that you are using the older one.

         
        • Alexandre

          Alexandre - 2021-10-04

          I installed the latest on linux, and there is still the issue. But it
          doesn't seem a bug, but more something by design. Like I don't see how a
          bug would would create a subdirectory _file and copy the file there. It
          seems more something like to keep the files local to the map.

          On Mon, 4 Oct 2021 at 12:26, quickfold quickfold@users.sourceforge.net
          wrote:

          I think it's best to install the most recent version of FP to confirm that
          the bug still exists before asking for support for an older version if
          there is no compelling reason that you are using the older one.


          Drag-n-drop of file to map creates a subfolder _files and copies the file
          to it.
          https://sourceforge.net/p/freeplane/discussion/758437/thread/48d692ec86/?limit=25#ec77/b11b/bc7e


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          • Edo Frohlich

            Edo Frohlich - 2021-10-05

            it's not a bug.

            There is a preference option related to this. Maybe you it was unchecked in one of your FP instalations and checked in the other, or someting like that.

            the option is in

            Preferences…->Behaviour->Behaviour->Paste images from files

            bye
            edo

             
            • Alexandre

              Alexandre - 2021-10-05

              Hi Edo,

              I unchecked it (Paste images from files) and then restarted freeplane, and
              there is the same behavior on image drag-n-drop: images being copied to a
              _files subfolder of the map and linked from there.
              Also with this unchecked, the images being drag-n-dropped are not visible
              as images on the map anymore, but appear only as links (to the _files
              subfolder).

              On Tue, 5 Oct 2021 at 03:50, Edo Frohlich edo_f@users.sourceforge.net
              wrote:

              it's not a bug.

              There is a preference option related to this. Maybe you it was unchecked
              in one of your FP instalations and checked in the other, or someting like
              that.

              the option is in

              Preferences…->Behaviour->Behaviour->Paste images from files

              bye
              edo


              Drag-n-drop of file to map creates a subfolder _files and copies the file
              to it.
              https://sourceforge.net/p/freeplane/discussion/758437/thread/48d692ec86/?limit=25#ec77/b11b/bc7e/224d/a3b1


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              • Alexandre

                Alexandre - 2021-10-05

                Btw it is not a big issue I can use copy paste instead of drag-n-drop.

                On Tue, 5 Oct 2021 at 08:54, alexandre viau alexandreviau@gmail.com wrote:

                Hi Edo,

                I unchecked it (Paste images from files) and then restarted freeplane, and
                there is the same behavior on image drag-n-drop: images being copied to a
                _files subfolder of the map and linked from there.
                Also with this unchecked, the images being drag-n-dropped are not visible
                as images on the map anymore, but appear only as links (to the _files
                subfolder).

                On Tue, 5 Oct 2021 at 03:50, Edo Frohlich edo_f@users.sourceforge.net
                wrote:

                it's not a bug.

                There is a preference option related to this. Maybe you it was unchecked
                in one of your FP instalations and checked in the other, or someting like
                that.

                the option is in

                Preferences…->Behaviour->Behaviour->Paste images from files

                bye
                edo


                Drag-n-drop of file to map creates a subfolder _files and copies the file
                to it.
                https://sourceforge.net/p/freeplane/discussion/758437/thread/48d692ec86/?limit=25#ec77/b11b/bc7e/224d/a3b1


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