On Mon, 29 Jan 2001 23:31:01 -0400, Clarence Verge wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Jan 2001 20:46:59 -0500, Glenn McCorkle wrote:
>> Clarence,
>> I just now tested your method.
>> Niether rightclick now shft+enter works.
>> So, we have now found the differnce in our methods.
>> Try my method....
>> 1) F10
>> 2) tab to or arrowkey to "Your computer"
>> 3) tab to or arrowkey to drive where currently running Arache is located
>> 4) tab to or arrowkey to the directory of choice
>> (in my case... l:\arachne\doc
>> 5) use shft+enter to highlight a file name(s)
>> 6) press the delete key
>> 7) press the R key
>> Is it (are they) gone???
> Yes, they go away and stay away - but I knew they would as soon as I
> saw the path being generated.
> My GAWD, that's as bad as the 8 klicks it takes to clear my cache in
> Netscape. It goes on and on and on....
> I've never selected "Your computer". I can't imagine why anyone would.
> It's like "About". About the dumbest clue to what result you might get
> that I have ever seen.
> So, the key to the problem is Arachne's internal path descriptor.
> Thanks for giving me a chance to bitch about the efficiency of the GUI.
> <G>
OK, then try this...
Type "file:l:\arachne\examples\*.*" into the url line.
Now you should be able to "quick delete" any file in that directory.
If you prefer, you may start with "file:l:\*.*" or "file:\*.*" and then
navigate to the directory of choice.
It also works if we use...
F10, link to "All files", link to subdirectory under arachne_main
The key seems to be that the "full path" must be shown.
(preferably including drive letter)
file:l:\arachne\examples\*.* will work
file:\arachne\examples\*.* will work
file:examples\*.* will not work
file://examples\*.* will not work
--
Glenn
(your friendly neighborhood compu-nerd)
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