On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:39:50 +0100, Enrico Tröger <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:57:47 +0100, Harold Aling <[email protected]> wrote: > >>On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:48:03 +0100, Enrico Tröger >><[email protected]> >>wrote: >>> On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:21:26 +0100, Harold Aling <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>>On Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:03:00 +0100, Harold Aling <[email protected]> >>>>wrote: >>>>> Dear Geany devs, >>>>> >>>>> It would be really nice if the 'New' and 'New from template' >>>>> options were available in the right-click menu of the file browser >>>>> sidebar. >>> >>> Why? >> >>Let's say I'm working in /var/www/d6/sites/all/modules/my_module and I >>need a new, empty file there: 'my_module.inc' >> >>Geany's default dir is set to '/var/www'. >> >>To create a new file in the 'my_module' dir you now have to: >>1) Create a new file (ctrl-n) >>2) Save the new file (ctrl-s) >>3) Open 'd6' >>4) Open 'sites' >>5) Open 'all' >>6) Open 'modules' >>7) Open 'my_module' >>8) Give the new file a name >>9) Save the file >> >>If the file browser would support creating new files: >> >>1) Right click in the filebrowser >>2) Select 'new file' (or maybe even 'new folder'?) >>3) Give the new file a name >>4) Done >> >>It just seems logical to be able to do it in the file browser, but >>maybe I'm alone in that... > > You know you can create bookmarks in the GTK filechooser? This won't > solve your request directly, but may help to reach common locations in > your filesystem faster.
True, but I work on 20-30 projects simultaneously, so that will be a lot of bookmarks ;) >>> The toolbar buttons are not that far away and adding them to the >>> filebrowser plugin would cause that we expose this all to the plugin >>> API. Of course, you don't care about the technical changes (I >>> wouldn't do so as well in your position :D) but it's just rather >>> much efforts for a little benefit, IMO. >> >>I just thought it would be handy. I don't think about technical >>changes, since I don't know any C. I'm just a simple php script guy... > > I know and that's ok. I just wanted to mention that it is not as > trivial as it may sound because the filebrowser is a plugin. > I think I won't work on this, at least not before the next release. > Sorry. Don't you apologize to me! ;) I'm the one requesting silly things... Speaking of silly things: Is there maybe an other dev on this list able to implement a simple 'new file', 'new folder' and rename functionality in the file browser plugin? If so, I'm willing to donate $25 to your personal beer fund!* ;) -H- * Payment through PayPal or on a Dutch bank account... _______________________________________________ Geany mailing list [email protected] http://lists.uvena.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geany
