Re: Weird directory, different order of templates...

[Charlie]

On Tue, 22 May 2018 09:45:45 +0200
Daniel CLEMENT  wrote:

> Le mardi 22 mai 2018 à 16:23 +1000, Charlie a écrit :
> > On Tue, 22 May 2018 07:40:00 +0200
> > Daniel CLEMENT  wrote:
> >   
> > > Le mardi 22 mai 2018 à 11:43 +1000, Charlie a écrit :  
> > > > Hello Everyone,
> > > > 
> > > > In my templates directory when opened with a file
> > > > manager, my directories have always been and still are on top,
> > > > and below them the various individual files in that directory.
> > > > That has always been in LyX as well.
> > > > 
> > > > Suddenly, the opposite is true in LyX, my directories are at the
> > > > bottom of the directory I open, and the individual files are at
> > > > the top, so I have to scroll down to get to the directories.
> > > > 
> > > > I imagine I have probably used a some obscure keyboard shortcut
> > > > to have this happen, but I have trolled through these and am
> > > > unable to find the one that does this. If that is actually the
> > > > cause.
> > > > 
> > > > Would appreciate any advice.
> > > > 
> > > > TIA
> > > > Charlie
> > > > 
> > > I see you are using Linux. Under my distro, LyX does not use the
> > > standard dialogs. There are 2 views.
> > > 
> > > Could it be that you had enable the "detailed" view, and by chance
> > > clicked on a column title, like, "sort by type"?  
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks Daniel,
> > 
> > Can't find "sort by type".  
> 
> I realize I was not very precise. I'm attaching a screenshot of my LyX
> dialog; not sure it will work so let me describe as well.
> 
> The last 2 icons (before "Documents" and "Examples" are "list view"
> and "detailed view" (I do my best to translate from French).
> 
> I suggest that you select the latter. Then you end up with an
> explorer-like windows, where the columns have titles "name", "size",
> "type" and so on. These are clickable. A small arrow (up or down) next
> to one column shows how the files and folders are sorted.
> 
> Try clicking on the "name" or "type", once or twice. If I do that, I
> get precisely what you describe, but then a 2nd click restores the
> "directory first" sort order.
> 
> HTH - Daniel



Thank you Daniel.

Clicking on either list view or detail view once or twice just brings
it or from one to another. Right clicking on the directory doesn't
allow me to do anything.

Clicking on list vies does show **two** columns in the window. However,
the individual, single files are the first, at the top, instead of
under the directories. Which have always been on the top.

The detail view delivers a single column, the individual files are still
shown at the top instead of below the directories.

Ce la vie. I think I will just have to live with it.

Thank you for your suggestions.

Stay well,
Charlie
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Re: Weird directory, different order of templates...

[Daniel CLEMENT]

Le mardi 22 mai 2018 à 16:23 +1000, Charlie a écrit :
> On Tue, 22 May 2018 07:40:00 +0200
> Daniel CLEMENT  wrote:
> 
> > Le mardi 22 mai 2018 à 11:43 +1000, Charlie a écrit :
> > >   Hello Everyone,
> > > 
> > >   In my templates directory when opened with a file manager,
> > > my directories have always been and still are on top, and below
> > >   them the various individual files in that directory. That
> > > has always been in LyX as well.
> > > 
> > > Suddenly, the opposite is true in LyX, my directories are at the
> > > bottom of the directory I open, and the individual files are at the
> > > top, so I have to scroll down to get to the directories.
> > > 
> > > I imagine I have probably used a some obscure keyboard shortcut to
> > > have this happen, but I have trolled through these and am unable to
> > > find the one that does this. If that is actually the cause.
> > > 
> > > Would appreciate any advice.
> > > 
> > > TIA
> > > Charlie
> > >   
> > I see you are using Linux. Under my distro, LyX does not use the
> > standard dialogs. There are 2 views.
> > 
> > Could it be that you had enable the "detailed" view, and by chance
> > clicked on a column title, like, "sort by type"?
> 
> 
> Thanks Daniel,
> 
> Can't find "sort by type".

I realize I was not very precise. I'm attaching a screenshot of my LyX
dialog; not sure it will work so let me describe as well.

The last 2 icons (before "Documents" and "Examples" are "list view" and
"detailed view" (I do my best to translate from French).

I suggest that you select the latter. Then you end up with an
explorer-like windows, where the columns have titles "name", "size",
"type" and so on. These are clickable. A small arrow (up or down) next
to one column shows how the files and folders are sorted.

Try clicking on the "name" or "type", once or twice. If I do that, I get
precisely what you describe, but then a 2nd click restores the
"directory first" sort order.

HTH - Daniel
> 
> Using LyX Version 2.2.2 Qt Version (run-time): 5.7.1 Qt Version
> (compile-time): 5.7.1
> 
> on
> 
> Linux 4.9.0-6-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.88-1+deb9u1 (2018-05-07)
> x86_64 GNU/Linux
> 
> Using fvwm.
> 
> The file manager does not have this problem with the directories
> 
> There is another thing not working with LyX as well and has been so for
> many months. That being the scroll bar is not seen till F7 is pressed
> for spell checking, then the scroll bar appears and remains.
> 
> Will probably just have to live with these things.
> 
> Thank you for your reply,
> Charlie
> 

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Daniel CLEMENT

Re: Weird directory, different order of templates...

[Charlie]

On Tue, 22 May 2018 07:40:00 +0200
Daniel CLEMENT  wrote:

> Le mardi 22 mai 2018 à 11:43 +1000, Charlie a écrit :
> > Hello Everyone,
> > 
> > In my templates directory when opened with a file manager,
> > my directories have always been and still are on top, and below
> > them the various individual files in that directory. That
> > has always been in LyX as well.
> > 
> > Suddenly, the opposite is true in LyX, my directories are at the
> > bottom of the directory I open, and the individual files are at the
> > top, so I have to scroll down to get to the directories.
> > 
> > I imagine I have probably used a some obscure keyboard shortcut to
> > have this happen, but I have trolled through these and am unable to
> > find the one that does this. If that is actually the cause.
> > 
> > Would appreciate any advice.
> > 
> > TIA
> > Charlie
> >   
> I see you are using Linux. Under my distro, LyX does not use the
> standard dialogs. There are 2 views.
> 
> Could it be that you had enable the "detailed" view, and by chance
> clicked on a column title, like, "sort by type"?


Thanks Daniel,

Can't find "sort by type".

Using LyX Version 2.2.2 Qt Version (run-time): 5.7.1 Qt Version
(compile-time): 5.7.1

on

Linux 4.9.0-6-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.88-1+deb9u1 (2018-05-07)
x86_64 GNU/Linux

Using fvwm.

The file manager does not have this problem with the directories

There is another thing not working with LyX as well and has been so for
many months. That being the scroll bar is not seen till F7 is pressed
for spell checking, then the scroll bar appears and remains.

Will probably just have to live with these things.

Thank you for your reply,
Charlie

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Registered Linux User:- 329524
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The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new
landscapes, but in having new eyes. --Marcel Proust

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Re: Weird directory, different order of templates...

[Daniel CLEMENT]

Le mardi 22 mai 2018 à 11:43 +1000, Charlie a écrit :
>   Hello Everyone,
> 
>   In my templates directory when opened with a file manager, my
>   directories have always been and still are on top, and below
>   them the various individual files in that directory. That has
>   always been in LyX as well.
> 
> Suddenly, the opposite is true in LyX, my directories are at the bottom
> of the directory I open, and the individual files are at the top, so I
> have to scroll down to get to the directories.
> 
> I imagine I have probably used a some obscure keyboard shortcut to have
> this happen, but I have trolled through these and am unable to find the
> one that does this. If that is actually the cause.
> 
> Would appreciate any advice.
> 
> TIA
> Charlie
> 
I see you are using Linux. Under my distro, LyX does not use the
standard dialogs. There are 2 views.

Could it be that you had enable the "detailed" view, and by chance
clicked on a column title, like, "sort by type"?
-- 
Daniel CLEMENT

Weird directory, different order of templates...

[Charlie]

Hello Everyone,

In my templates directory when opened with a file manager, my
directories have always been and still are on top, and below
them the various individual files in that directory. That has
always been in LyX as well.

Suddenly, the opposite is true in LyX, my directories are at the bottom
of the directory I open, and the individual files are at the top, so I
have to scroll down to get to the directories.

I imagine I have probably used a some obscure keyboard shortcut to have
this happen, but I have trolled through these and am unable to find the
one that does this. If that is actually the cause.

Would appreciate any advice.

TIA
Charlie

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Registered Linux User:- 329524
***

The lesson which life repeats and constantly enforces is "look
under foot." Every place is under the stars, every place is the
center of the world. ..John Burroughs

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