[softwarelist] Re: DP's software disagreeing with !FullNames
- From: Dr Peter Young <pnyoung@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: davidpilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 19:09:47 +0100
On 2 Aug 2010 Martin Wuerthner <public@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In message <4f48974051.pnyoung@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Dr Peter Young <pnyoung@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Someone on a mailing list pointed me in the direction of Andrew
>> Booker's app !FullNames from http://www.ajb121.net/riscos/
>> From its help file:
>> "if you keep the mouse still over a file that has been pinned to the
>> pinboard (or a TinyDirs icon) that has had its name truncated with
>> '...', the full filename will be displayed." In fact, it does this,
>> with RISC OS 5.** even if the name isn't truncated. This suits my
>> rather chaotic way of working perfectly.
>> Today I had a couple of OPro files pinned, and found that !FullNames
>> gives only the leaf name; I then tried pinning a jpg file displayed
>> with DPlngScan, and the same thing happened! As far as I can see,
>> files from all other apps behave as they should when pinned. Is there
>> an explanation for this difference in behaviour between David's apps'
>> files and the others, I wonder?
> Yes. There is nothing wrong with DP's apps nor with FullNames, nor do
> they disagree. FullNames has no idea about the full names of files for
> which there are pinned windows, all it does is show the full text of
> the pinned window's title bar to you. Both OvationPro and DPlngScan
> only show the leaf name of the file in the title bar, so this is what
> FullNames displays.
> Other applications often show the complete file path in the title bar,
> but not all do. Impression and ArtWorks, for instance, only show the
> leaf name, too, so this is not specific to DP's applications.
Many thanks for this; like so many of Martin's explanations, it's
obvious when it's pointed out to the rather dim! :-)
With best wishes,
Peter.
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