Hi Jerry,
That is great, let me know when JerryFM comes out :D
I think C is better for a file manager, but that is just my opinion..
I think experimenting with different apps is great, you find a lot of
things you wouldn't. I for one do not like leafpad at all for a text
editor and always install something else (pluma, geany, mousepad
something with syntax highlighting) For many leafpad would work well as
it is a simple text editor. But I NEED syntax highlighting in a text
editor so I install other apps. Same for you and the file manager, you
are accustomed to certain ordering of files so you require a file
manager that does that to keep your workflow the same.
Maybe you could e-mail us your results of testing, or even contribute a
wiki page to the Ubuntu wiki about file managers?
On 06/25/2016 11:26 AM, J. Van Brimmer wrote:
Hi Israel,
Thanks for your input, I really do appreciate it. You just gave me an
idea, maybe I'll learn python, or C, and write my own file manager!
Ha! That'll be the day!
Yeah, your point is well taken. I don't know why I was stuck in the
"default file manager" rut. Like has been said, there are lots of
options in the libre software world. I'll just keep experimenting
until I settle on the one that suits me the best.
Thanks all!
---Jerry
On Saturday, June 25, 2016 8:25 AM, Israel <israeld...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Jerry,
Caja is the 'old' nautilus so if you like it better by all means
use it!
There are lots and lots to choose from.
Some people would rather have a 2-paned file manager than one that
uses
abstractions and bookmarks.
I, like Aere, preferr pcmanfm for numerous reasons (fast, light, does
everything I want, has features other file managers don't, generally
improves without removing features)
I have used many file managers (nautilus, thunar, rox, pcmanfm,
spacefm,
xfe, terminal file managers, etc...) and for me pcmanfm works the
best.
This is (as it has been pointed out) why GNU/Linux is so great.
You could even (if you chose) hack the code of pcmanfm to sort
files the
way you want, and add configuration options etc... Enjoy libre
software! :D
You are totally free to use caja instead of pcmanfm in Lubuntu.
If you need help setting it up just ask us!
On 06/24/2016 12:11 PM, Aere Greenway wrote:
> Jerry:
>
> It's okay to have different preferences. I personally like being
> different.
>
> It sounds like I would like Caja better as well, but it's not a big
> enough deal for me to want to change.
>
> Where Caja does it differently, their code probably substitutes
their
> own lexical comparison routine, as certainly can be done.
>
> With the default lexical comparison routines, the hidden folders
(and
> hidden files) come first only because a period (.) comes before any
> letter or digit in the 'alphabetical order' of the character set.
>
> In the e-mail I sent last, the table may not have appeared in table
> form without the e-mail being viewed in HTML form.
>
> - Aere
>
>
> On 06/23/2016 10:46 PM, J. Van Brimmer wrote:
>> I think in the end, I'll just have to either install a file
manager
>> that I'm comfortable with, or change distributions. I was just
hoping
>> to understand the reason why PCManFM sorts the way it does so that
>> maybe I could see the benefit of it. But, so far that's just not
>> happening.
>>
>> For instance, if I have hidden files made visible, in my home
>> directory I have .folders first, then regular folders, then
.files,
>> and then regular files; that is going from top to bottom.
>>
>>
>> So, from top to bottom I see:
>>
>> hidden folders
>> normal folders
>> hidden files
>> normal files
>>
>> In Caja it's just the opposite:
>> normal folders
>> hidden folders
>> normal files
>> hidden files
>>
>> I don't know, maybe it's just me, but I seem to be more
comfortable
>> with Caja'a sorting order. I'll just learn to get used to it,
there
>> must be a logical benefit that I'm not seeing.
>
>
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