2008/11/29 jess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello, > On this thread, I have tried to read all of them, but have not heard > any mention of the multiple windows that get opened when using the built > in file mgr. Is it configurable? I have looked, but have found no way > to have a double click on a directory open in that windows, vs opening a > new window. I saw someone mention that they hate treeviews (maybe > Gustavo?), but personally, I'd rather have that than twenty windows open > as I navigate through the directories. Is this something that could be > added as a configurable option? Please let me know if I just haven't > done the leg work to figure out how the current implementation could be > configured to use one window vs many. > > > Thanks, > Jess >
It is entirely configurable. But before you go ahead with the option, its advised to build and install efm_nav and/or efm_path from the E-MODULES-EXTRA dir to make use of the single window option. Its under Settings > Files > File manager > Open Dirs in Place. Toma. > > On Fri, 2008-11-28 at 19:13 -0200, Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri wrote: >> On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 7:05 PM, Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 4:49 PM, Dave Andreoli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >> ----- "Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: >> >> >> >>> On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 8:46 PM, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler >> >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> > On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 20:54:36 +0100 Chidambar 'ilLogict' Zinnoury >> >>> > 2. all operations (copy, move, delete) have no progress on screen - >> >>> if there is >> >>> > a queue of work (like delete this dir then copy this to here, move >> >>> this to here >> >>> > etc.) you can't see it. the idea was to put such status inside the >> >>> efm window >> >>> > in-line with where the action was initiated or where it belongs (eg >> >>> if u delete >> >>> > a file in a dir then put the status in that dir). >> >>> >> >>> what to do when window is closed? and when that folder is viewed >> >>> again? I'd like to have the progress even if I close the window... >> >>> either do not close it or when you close "detach" the progress >> >>> status. >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> > 4. removable device handling (done via hal and dbus at least for the >> >>> raw nuts >> >>> > and bolts) mostly seems to work but is a bit hackey the way it >> >>> writes .desktop >> >>> > files to ~/.e/e/fileman/favorites then forcibly symlinks them to >> >>> your Desktop - >> >>> > this could be cleaned up and made more robust with more options (eg >> >>> also put >> >>> > them on other desktops eg Desktop-1 and -2 etc.). >> >>> >> >>> I hate these links. IMHO they should be transparent. >> >>> >> >>> Actually, the idea would be to follow kde's path to have directory >> >>> views of EFM and selectively choose to "show devices". That way we >> >>> can >> >>> just have a EFM view with "show devices" to show our "~/Desktop" as a >> >>> gadman. We can even have multiple views in the same desktops (ie: ~/ >> >>> and ~/Desktop) or different views per desktops (~/Desktop-1, >> >>> ~/Desktop-2...) >> >>> >> >>> With that I could choose to view ~/.empty-folder and "show devices" >> >>> to >> >>> list just the external devices. >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> > 8. renaming files has a dialog - this is because it was hard to do >> >>> before. now >> >>> > we can rename in-place. edje's own entry can now do this. this needs >> >>> changing. >> >>> >> >>> Even with edje support is remains difficult. You must ensure that the >> >>> edited text is visible (ie: you're editing next to a border, you >> >>> should pan/scroll to make sure it is visible). >> >>> >> >>> > 11. while i'm at it the open with.. dialog is not bad - but the >> >>> 2-list thing >> >>> > needs to go. 1 list. also ilist is again abused with a massive list >> >>> of stuff >> >>> > (poor ilist. i need to make it possible for ilist to defer list >> >>> adding and size >> >>> > calculation with an add queue). so likely that dialog could do with >> >>> a toolbar >> >>> > at the top to select between applications that say they do handle >> >>> that >> >>> > mime-type, and "all applications" as 2 separate lists and you switch >> >>> between. >> >>> >> >>> about ilist, using Smart's "changed" could help a lot and remove need >> >>> for freeze/thaw. Other than that we could port guarana's MVC list for >> >>> such thing, it's very fast when you have rows with the same renderer >> >>> (same edje group could be applied). >> >>> >> >>> My personal items would be: >> >>> >> >>> 12. keyboard shortcuts: ^c, ^v, ^x... >> >>> >> >>> 13. enable easy open of efm at some folder, specially from cmdline... >> >>> efm ~/my-folder would be handy. >> >> >> >> +1 ... and we also need a .desktop file for efm. A fast way to implement >> >> this is probably to setup a new e_remote option like >> >> enlightenemnt_remote --showfm >> >> than you can have an alias like efm and you can have your desktop file. >> > >> > Ok, I was trying to implement it when I got stuck with e_ipc stuff >> > being all hardcoded... no dynamic extensions to >> > enlightenment_remote... BUT I remembered that fileman registers its >> > action and you can execute actions with remote: >> > >> > enlightenment_remote -exec-action "fileman" "$PATH" >> >> Just be careful no not have PATH set to a relative directory (E does >> not know where you were when you called the action), I'm using the >> following script: >> >> >> #!/bin/sh >> >> dir=`dirname "$1"` >> file=`basename "$1"` >> >> if [ "$dir" = "." ]; then >> dir="$PWD" >> elif [ "$dir" = ".." ]; then >> dir="$PWD/.." >> fi >> >> enlightenment_remote -exec-action "fileman" "$dir/$file" >> >> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
