Re: anybody use e2 on gentoo?

  • From: TomPh <tpgww@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: emelfm2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 21:29:15 +1000

> > > I'm running gentoo on amd64 and use emelfm2 regularly. It works
> > > fine for me. The only minor flaw I've seen is that activating the
> > > config option "run file operations in background" doesn't work
> > > (copying large files blocks the gui).
> > Ah, true. That option was effectively made obsolete when all file
> > operations were converted from shell commands to internal code.
> 
> Thanks for the explanation. That does indeed explain the problem. :)
> 
> > Perhaps we should re-enable the shell commands as an alternative ??
> 
> Well, that would be nice. But don't put too much effort into that.
> With some customization one could as well just use the copy plugin for
> all copy operations.
Actually, it turned out to be easy enough to thread the copy and move
operations (moving involves copying when the destination device or
filesystem is different from that of the source).

I think that all other operations complete without noticeable blocking.

Regards
Tom


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