On Thu, 2004-07-08 at 17:51, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I just started using sid, and I've run into the new gnome file > selection interface. It's almost unusable: there's no way to enter > an absolute path (or any path for that matter), and no way to go up in > the file system, or to even see any dot files. Is there a way to > change all this? It's horrible! > > I don't know which package is responsible for this mess, so I can't > report the version; and I don't know what to downgrade if that were > the answer. > > I'm sure this must have been discussed to death somewhere already, but > I wasn't able to find anything useful with google. I'd appreciate any > pointers to more information. I can't believe the gnome developers > would leave things like this.
To go "up", look at the top right of the dialog. There is a sequence of buttons that indicate the directories in the current path. Clicking on one of them changes directory to that point. To enter an absolute path, type ctrl-l. There's no entry field for it because "basic" users are expected to point-and-click, and "advanced" users are expected to be able to type ctrl-l. As for dot-files, try "ctrl-l . tab". A name-completion dropdown should appear. Again, "basic" users won't be viewing dot-files. All this is gnome-2.6, *not* anything debian-specific. *Please* do not start flaming all things gnome-2.6-ish until you have got some familiarity with the new setup. Any change is a little annoying at first, but software can't be frozen forever because of this. If something still annoys you after you've given it a good try for a week, then is a good time to do some research about the topic, then submit a polite comment to the gnome hackers. [NB: Personally, I would have liked a simple toggle to show a text input box. But then again, that would clutter the interface and *still* most people wouldn't realise it was there.] Regards, Simon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]