Re: A couple of things...
- From: <tpgww@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: emelfm2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:00:50 +1000
On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:19:52 +0100 (IST)
"Sadako" <sadako@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > But the current arrangement could be changed without any great harm, so as
> > to not detract from "standard" functionality.
> >
> > Maybe it would be easiest to remember as <Ctrl><middle-click> ? Anyone got
> > any strong views about this stuff ?
>
> <Ctrl><middle-click> would be okay, the problem with pasting via the
> right-click menu is that in only pastes from the gtk buffer, not the X11
> selection selection buffer which is what I and a lot of others use more
> (for example just highlighting any text in a none-vte or DE terminal to
> copy into the X11 buffer).
That's in svn now.
> >> #4: When you open a file simply by clicking it or selecting it and
> >> pressing enter, the filename is provided to whatever you have associated
> >> that filetype with the full path, however if you open the file by
> >> bringing
> >> up the context menu and selecting any of the programs associated with
> >> it,
> >> only the file name is provided, no path, which is understandable as you
> >> can select and open multiple files by this method, but the difference in
> >> behaviour seems a little bit odd (and is messing with my mpc script :( )
> > It defaults to adding just the names, if only a command|application name
> > is provided via the dialog.
> >
> > It's quite ok to include macros, and in particular, to append %p. That
> > will provide the full path of each selected item as separate arguments.
> >
> > Maybe it would be more consistent to default to %p behaviour, with %f to
> > over-ride that. Especially as the operation is queued, and it may be that
> > the CWD is not what it was when the selection was done ...
That's in svn now.
> One other thing I forgot about earlier, but it's a little hard to explain
> properly, wrt to the "select first item in newly-opened directories", if
> you enter an empty directory, leave it, then come back to it when it's
> populated, nothing is selected.
>
> Logically that behaviour makes sense, but it would probably be preferable
> to select the first item in that case (if that config item is
> selected/enabled).
Done in svn now.
Regards
Tom
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