when you select which files to download from a torrent, does it only download that data, or does it download all data but discard the unwanted data?

It downloads only checked files.

ok, but why then when I select only 2GB of a 6GB torrent, does ktorrent say it is downloading 6GB?

It should say it's downloading 2GB.

Why are you asking? Why don't you check it yourself?

ts wrote:ok, but why then when I select only 2GB of a 6GB torrent, does ktorrent say it is downloading 6GB?

There is a bug in 2.2 which causes the file selection to go wrong. You will have to do the selection again in the files tab.

We have already fixed this, and the fix will be part of the 2.2.1 release which should happen friday or saturday.

ok, cheers.
I was getting worried, thought I was going mad

ts wrote:ok, cheers.
I was getting worried, thought I was going mad

Well, you may be, anyway!

well slightly more mad than I was yesterday