/***************************************************************************
- * Copyright (C) 2006 by Peter Penz *
- * peter.penz@gmx.at *
+ * Copyright (C) 2006 by Peter Penz (<peter.penz@gmx.at>) *
+ * Copyright (C) 2006 by Aaron J. Seigo (<aseigo@kde.org>) *
* *
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify *
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by *
* @brief Maintains the view properties like 'view mode' or
* 'show hidden files' for a directory.
*
- * The view properties are automatically stored inside the directory inside
- * the hidden file '.directory'. To read out the view properties
- * just construct an instance by passing the URL of the directory:
+ * The view properties are automatically stored as part of the file
+ * .directory inside the corresponding path. To read out the view properties
+ * just construct an instance by passing the path of the directory:
*
* \code
* ViewProperties props(KUrl("/home/peter/Documents"));
*
* When modifying a view property, the '.directory' file is automatically updated
* inside the destructor.
+ *
+ * If no .directory file is available or the global view mode is turned on
+ * (see GeneralSettings::globalViewMode()), the values from the global .directory file
+ * are used for initialization.
*/
class ViewProperties
{