Howdy,

Strange i don't see this here.  Here it shows/ hides the folder / files as 
expected.

Did you rebind your keys already to something?



> Am 10.04.2022 um 16:37 schrieb Linux for blind general discussion 
> <blinux-list@redhat.com>:
> 
> I've got it saying toggle hidden, but none of the hidden files showed up
> even after setting it right.
> 
> I made a .test.txt fie in ~/Documents and hit toggle hidden, with no
> luck. The .test.txt doesn't show up nor do places like .config.
> 
> Is that a Solus issue? I'm only running into this as my one big issue
> with DragonFM. I unbound Backspace from history and put it on show
> hidden instead so I can ctrl+H for hidden toggle
> 
>> On Sun, Apr 10, 2022 at 03:40:23PM +0200, Linux for blind general discussion 
>> wrote:
>> Howdy,
>> 
>> A small tip for figure sequences for shortcuts. You can set input=True in 
>> debug section of the settings file. Any keypress prints its escape sequence 
>> ( and if it triggers an action)  will then printed for a given amount of 
>> time in the first line on screen.
>> Its very noisy for you but just thought for debug and figure sequences. You 
>> can disable it then again.
>> 
>> By the way, i forgot to answer how to unbind an action: just comment the 
>> line in settings file out wit an # as first character per line. 
>> 
>> 
>>>> Am 10.04.2022 um 14:57 schrieb Linux for blind general discussion 
>>>> <blinux-list@redhat.com>:
>>> 
>>> Howdy,
>>> 
>>> Well, you can try, but i don’t  think there is an escape sequence for ctrl 
>>> + backspace.  I don’t think there is any escape sequence for modifier key + 
>>> backspace  combination available.
>>> 
>>> I have to say, this concept is an dinosaur that should be rethought in the 
>>> 21 century. 
>>> 
>>> Cheers chrys
>>> 
>>>> Am 10.04.2022 um 14:29 schrieb Linux for blind general discussion 
>>>> <blinux-list@redhat.com>:
>>>> 
>>>> So wouldd^and then backspace change that to ctrl+backspace change that
>>>> so control and backspace works for that and ctrl+h does hidden files or?
>>>> Or do I need to do something like '' to tell DragonFM that there's no
>>>> key bound for that function or do I just leave that blank? I can
>>>> probably find something to rebind it to but I'm thinking just unbindd
>>>> the backspace key?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>>> On Sun, Apr 10, 2022 at 02:15:55PM +0200, Linux for blind general 
>>>>>> discussion wrote:
>>>>> Howdy,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Well to explain what you see, you need to understand how shortcuts on an 
>>>>> command line application work.
>>>>> The commandline reads any input from STDIN. This is also valid for 
>>>>> shortcuts. The operating system translates some (not all, depending on 
>>>>> terminal capabilities) input to a sequence of ascii codes. This sequences 
>>>>> are sent to STDIN then.This series starts with an special ascii 
>>>>> character, the Escape code. This is why this sequences are named escape 
>>>>> sequences. How many escape sequences are „translated“ or „understand“ 
>>>>> depends on the used terminal standard (TTY uses as far as i know VT100 
>>>>> standard, correct me if i m wrong, terminal emulators can often emulate 
>>>>> various kind of standards, depending on the emulator and configuration).
>>>>> The issue you see here is the fact that some of the escape  sequences do 
>>>>> not have a printable representation. For this there are various cases 
>>>>> where printable sequences defined for the non printable representation. 
>>>>> Long thing short: in your case, Ctrl + h is the printable ascii 
>>>>> representation of backspace. So an command line application can not mate 
>>>>> a difference between ctrl + h and backspace at all ( so its a limitation 
>>>>> of the deeper level of terminal and operating system, not an issue of 
>>>>> dragonFM)
>>>>> You can see this in plain bash, vim or nano as well (and any oder 
>>>>> commandline application)l, type something, press ctrl + h, it behaves 
>>>>> like backspace and will delete the character left to the cursor.
>>>>> See here for a list of (some?) of those „duplicates“. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSLTBW_2.4.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r4.bpxa400/ks1.htm
>>>>> 
>>>>> But like noted, this depends heavily on the Terminal.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sorry my friend, there is not much i can do here.
>>>>> 
>>>>> What can we do now?
>>>>> Well, all we can do is choosing what is more important for you and rebind 
>>>>> backspace „KEY_BACKSPACE“ (what is currently bound to leave entry, wo 
>>>>> moves to parent folder) to toggle hidden (and unbind or rebind leave 
>>>>> entry then ) or use another shortcut for hidden.
>>>>> See here in settings:
>>>>> KEY_BACKSPACE=leave_entry
>>>>> …
>>>>> ^[H=toggle_hidden
>>>>> 
>>>>> Cheers chrys
>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Am 10.04.2022 um 11:52 schrieb Linux for blind general discussion 
>>>>>>> <blinux-list@redhat.com>:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> So quick question Chrys...
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I'm trying to have history switched to ctrl+H on my copy of Dragonfm, to
>>>>>> line up more with how Nautilus/Caja does it. However that shortcut seems
>>>>>> hardcoded in with no way to change it in the config file. I'm trying to
>>>>>> fix it since alt+H brings up a terminal's help menu and I'd like ctrl+H
>>>>>> to show/hide hidden files since that's a common enough shortcut on
>>>>>> desktop file managers so why not have it in DragonFM?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> So where do I need to look to switch the function of ctrl+H in the
>>>>>> program? Currently it brings up the location bar, page 1/2 and doesn't
>>>>>> show or hide hidden folders, instead going back one step despite not
>>>>>> being defined as such in the config settings
>>>>>> 
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