Holy Crap!!! ;-) Thanks Guys! I hadn't touched it in quite a while, thanks for the direction! I can now dump thunar! ;-)
On Sat, 2008-11-29 at 09:50 +1100, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:27:20 -0500 jess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > > > 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. > > yes it is. you haven't spent much time looking at the config - have you? :) > you > will also want to try the efm_nav module. > > > Thanks, > > Jess > > > > > > 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
