Re: File managers show files and directories in reverse order.........

2018-05-30 Thread Charlie S
On Thu, 31 May 2018 10:42:17 +1200 Richard Hector sent: > On 30/05/18 11:12, Charlie S wrote: > > On Tue, 29 May 2018 14:22:08 + (UTC) Curt sent: > > > >> On 2018-05-29, Charlie S wrote: > >>> > >>> I wonder how one discovers what file m

Re: File managers show files and directories in reverse order.........

2018-05-30 Thread Richard Hector
On 30/05/18 11:12, Charlie S wrote: > On Tue, 29 May 2018 14:22:08 + (UTC) Curt sent: > >> On 2018-05-29, Charlie S wrote: >>> >>> I wonder how one discovers what file managers there are installed on >>> this system. I suppose have to name each one a

Re: File managers show files and directories in reverse order.........

2018-05-29 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 30/05/18 11:49, Charlie S wrote: My file manager window was too small, the spin control hidden. Ah! Thanks for letting us know. At the same time there is a wallaby hopping round the room and wombats running all over the floor. So when unplugging, plugging in leads on shelves have to

Re: File managers show files and directories in reverse order.........

2018-05-29 Thread Charlie S
On Wed, 30 May 2018 07:14:45 +1200 Ben Caradoc-Davies sent: > On 29/05/18 13:46, Charlie S wrote: > > On Tue, 29 May 2018 13:26:37 +1200 Ben Caradoc-Davies sent: > >> On 29/05/18 13:08, Charlie S wrote: > >>> Hello Everyone, > >>> Suddenly my fil

Re: File managers show files and directories in reverse order.........

2018-05-29 Thread Charlie S
On Tue, 29 May 2018 18:50:40 +0200 Stefan Krusche sent: > On my system here is also a configuration option in the opening > dialog of kate next to the field where the directory is shown. There, > in a submenu, I can choose that directories be shown first. Also, > with F12 as a hotkey, directories

Re: File managers show files and directories in reverse order.........

2018-05-29 Thread Charlie S
an be reversed. > > AIUI you're at the mercy of the toolkit for much of the look-and-feel > of what is contained within the windows that different window managers > and applications display. > > > I have tried aptitude search file-manager and aptitude search > > fileman

Re: File managers show files and directories in reverse order.........

2018-05-29 Thread Charlie S
On Tue, 29 May 2018 14:22:08 + (UTC) Curt sent: > On 2018-05-29, Charlie S wrote: > > > > I wonder how one discovers what file managers there are installed on > > this system. I suppose have to name each one and see which are > > installed that way. > &

Re: File managers show files and directories in reverse order.........

2018-05-29 Thread Charlie S
> If you have something different, then the reason for that is beyond > me. But as far as I'm aware of, it has nothing to do with file > managers. > Thank you Siard. You are right. I should have sent you a screenshot, and did almost. You would have picked up the problem instantly. The

Re: File managers show files and directories in reverse order.........

2018-05-29 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 29/05/18 13:46, Charlie S wrote: On Tue, 29 May 2018 13:26:37 +1200 Ben Caradoc-Davies sent: On 29/05/18 13:08, Charlie S wrote: Hello Everyone, Suddenly my file managers show the files in reverse order to the norm, i.e directories on top and individual files beneath. Don't

Re: File managers show files and directories in reverse order.........

2018-05-29 Thread Stefan Krusche
nd apt policy filemanager and many others ways including > which filemanager and all different ways of speling. > > But I can't find what file managers are installed to see which one > might be being used and need configuring. All those requests come up > empty. > > I wonder h

Re: File managers show files and directories in reverse order.........

2018-05-29 Thread David Wright
ager and many others ways including > which filemanager and all different ways of speling. > > But I can't find what file managers are installed to see which one > might be being used and need configuring. All those requests come up > empty. > > I wonder how one discovers what

Re: File managers show files and directories in reverse order.........

2018-05-29 Thread Curt
On 2018-05-29, Charlie S wrote: > > I wonder how one discovers what file managers there are installed on > this system. I suppose have to name each one and see which are installed > that way. xdg-mime query default inode/directory works here (xdg-mime is part of xdg-utils)

Re: File managers show files and directories in reverse order.........

2018-05-29 Thread Siard
has nothing to do with file managers.

Re: File managers show files and directories in reverse order.........

2018-05-29 Thread Charlie S
l change the order of the directories and files. I have no idea what file manager they use. I have tried aptitude search file-manager and aptitude search filemanager and apt policy filemanager and many others ways including which filemanager and all different ways of speling. But I can't find what file mana

Re: File managers show files and directories in reverse order.........

2018-05-29 Thread Siard
Charlie S wrote: > But when I go Ctrl-O when in Kate or Lyx the order is reversed. I tried Kate. To reverse the order, click the 'Name' header. Note the small black triangle at the right side of the header pointing up or down.

Re: File managers show files and directories in reverse order.........

2018-05-28 Thread Charlie S
On Tue, 29 May 2018 13:26:37 +1200 Ben Caradoc-Davies sent: > On 29/05/18 13:08, Charlie S wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > Suddenly my file managers show the files in reverse order to > > the norm, i.e directories on top and individual files > > beneath. Don't k

Re: File managers show files and directories in reverse order.........

2018-05-28 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 29/05/18 13:08, Charlie S wrote: Hello Everyone, Suddenly my file managers show the files in reverse order to the norm, i.e directories on top and individual files beneath. Don't know how it was accidentally done? Using FVWM - Debian Stretch Any clues where I might configure

File managers show files and directories in reverse order.........

2018-05-28 Thread Charlie S
Hello Everyone, Suddenly my file managers show the files in reverse order to the norm, i.e directories on top and individual files beneath. Don't know how it was accidentally done? Using FVWM - Debian Stretch Any clues where I might configure this to return it to what

Re: MTP devices leave multiple copies under Devices in file managers

2018-01-07 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 08/01/18 02:28, Carl Fink wrote: On 01/06/2018 03:06 PM, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: What kernel version? Do the entries disappear on reboot? This morning I had time to reboot, and I can now confirm that rebooting cleared the dead entries. It sure looks like the already-reported bug. Thanks

Re: MTP devices leave multiple copies under Devices in file managers

2018-01-07 Thread Carl Fink
On 01/06/2018 03:06 PM, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: What kernel version? Do the entries disappear on reboot? This morning I had time to reboot, and I can now confirm that rebooting cleared the dead entries. It sure looks like the already-reported bug. Thanks for the pointer--it never occurred

Re: MTP devices leave multiple copies under Devices in file managers

2018-01-06 Thread Carl Fink
On 01/06/2018 03:06 PM, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: On 07/01/18 03:54, Carl Fink wrote: I have a couple of Android devices that mount using MTP. Recently I was trying to install LineageOS on one (which failed because the USB port on the phone physically failed halfway through, but that's a

Re: MTP devices leave multiple copies under Devices in file managers

2018-01-06 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 07/01/18 03:54, Carl Fink wrote: I have a couple of Android devices that mount using MTP. Recently I was trying to install LineageOS on one (which failed because the USB port on the phone physically failed halfway through, but that's a side-issue). As a result, apparently, both caja and

Re: MTP devices leave multiple copies under Devices in file managers

2018-01-06 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
go-mtpfs > jmtpfs > mtp-tools > > How can I clean this up? Hi, Carl.. I'm just here to commiserate. I don't have an answer. My experience has been that this ebbs and flows with Debian development progress, particularly since you mentioned using Debian Testing. Mine will occ

MTP devices leave multiple copies under Devices in file managers

2018-01-06 Thread Carl Fink
I'm sure this is a known problem but I can't figure out what the correct search terms would be. I have a couple of Android devices that mount using MTP. Recently I was trying to install LineageOS on one (which failed because the USB port on the phone physically failed halfway through, but that's

Re: File managers that support SFTP and don't mangle timestamps?

2010-01-18 Thread Dotan Cohen
2009/12/8 Camaleón noela...@gmail.com: On Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:01:40 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: Are there any KDE file managers, or other file managers that support SFTP and work decently in a KDE environment, that do not suffer from this bug: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55804

File managers that support SFTP and don't mangle timestamps?

2009-12-08 Thread Dotan Cohen
Are there any KDE file managers, or other file managers that support SFTP and work decently in a KDE environment, that do not suffer from this bug: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55804 The bug is that Dolphin / Konqueror incorrectly change the timestamp of files copied and moved

Re: File managers that support SFTP and don't mangle timestamps?

2009-12-08 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 8 Dec 2009 11:01:40 +0200 Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com wrote: Are there any KDE file managers, or other file managers that support SFTP and work decently in a KDE environment, that do not suffer from this bug: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55804 The bug is that Dolphin

Re: File managers that support SFTP and don't mangle timestamps?

2009-12-08 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:01:40 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: Are there any KDE file managers, or other file managers that support SFTP and work decently in a KDE environment, that do not suffer from this bug: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55804 The bug is that Dolphin / Konqueror

Re: graphical file managers (gmc vs. nautilus)

2002-03-04 Thread Angus D Madden
Sam, Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 02:13:47AM -0800: Hi, I saw the screenshot that you mentioned. It's really nice. Can you tell me how you get borderless windows in gnome? Also, which mail client do you use and how do you get those colors in vi/vim while writing mail? Also please point me to some

graphical file managers (gmc vs. nautilus)

2002-03-03 Thread Angus D Madden
I need to find a good graphical file manager for my family pc. I am aware of two choices: gmc and nautilus. Right now they are using gmc. I like it because it is simple and straightforward. The only problem is that I have not been able to associate mime-types with applications. Say, for

Re: graphical file managers (gmc vs. nautilus)

2002-03-03 Thread Timo Benk
On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 12:56:04PM -0500, Angus D Madden wrote: I need to find a good graphical file manager for my family pc. I am aware of two choices: gmc and nautilus. Right now they are using gmc. I like it because it is simple and straightforward. The only problem is that I have not

Re: graphical file managers (gmc vs. nautilus)

2002-03-03 Thread Timothy R. Butler
On Sunday 03 March 2002 11:56 am, Angus D Madden wrote: I need to find a good graphical file manager for my family pc. I am aware of two choices: gmc and nautilus. I'm not sure if you are looking for other options, but if you are have you taken a look at Konqueror? It can handle mounting

Re: graphical file managers (gmc vs. nautilus)

2002-03-03 Thread Angus D Madden
Timo Benk, Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 07:23:11PM +0100: My solution in using Mime types with mc is the following section in /etc/mc.ext: ---snip--- ### Default ###

Re: graphical file managers (gmc vs. nautilus)

2002-03-03 Thread Angus D Madden
Timothy R. Butler, Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 01:23:39PM -0600: I'm not sure if you are looking for other options, but if you are have you taken a look at Konqueror? It can handle mounting by itself, can follow symlinks, has an easy-to-use mime-type editor, provides most of the bells and

Re: graphical file managers (gmc vs. nautilus)

2002-03-03 Thread Timothy R. Butler
Howdy, I tried KDE about six months ago and I went back to gnome because I like the ability to configure everything to the pixel (enlightenment) and I couldn't get KDE to display icons (some pixmap problem). Hrm... that's odd. Thanks for the suggestion, though. Maybe it's time to try KDE

Re: graphical file managers (gmc vs. nautilus)

2002-03-03 Thread Angus D Madden
Timothy R. Butler, Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 06:27:20PM -0600: Thanks for the suggestion, though. Maybe it's time to try KDE again. You might find it worth while. Really, you could make it look virtually like unthemed Gnome using the QT-Motif widget style (or most other GTK-looks, KDE can

Re: graphical file managers (gmc vs. nautilus)

2002-03-03 Thread Timothy R. Butler
Hi Angus, I'm getting a 404 from your link. Oops, sorry - here we go: http://www.uninetsolutions.com/tbutler/linux/ss-1.html . Is there any way in KDE to do a borderless window? The last time I tried I couldn't figure out how to do it. I like to put borderless windows at a few points on

Re: graphical file managers (gmc vs. nautilus)

2002-03-03 Thread Angus D Madden
Timothy R. Butler, Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 09:32:37PM -0600: Oops, sorry - here we go: http://www.uninetsolutions.com/tbutler/linux/ss-1.html . doeslook nice Is there any way in KDE to do a borderless window? The last time I tried I couldn't figure out how to do it. I like to put

Re: are there other file managers besides gmc?

2000-04-04 Thread Andzo
john smith wrote: hello, I would like to know what other file managers are available besides gmc..maybe there is something better out there? FileRunner is very good. http://www.cd.chalmers.se/~hch/filerunner.html -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev

Re: are there other file managers besides gmc?

2000-04-04 Thread Alexander Gretencord
Andzo wrote: FileRunner is very good. http://www.cd.chalmers.se/~hch/filerunner.html Can you navigate FileRunner through the keyboard ? I hate those filemanagers where you need a mouse for every single command. I use the commandline and mc now obut I'd like to have somethin like the windows

Re: are there other file managers besides gmc?

2000-04-04 Thread Kent West
Alexander Gretencord wrote: Andzo wrote: FileRunner is very good. http://www.cd.chalmers.se/~hch/filerunner.html Can you navigate FileRunner through the keyboard ? I hate those filemanagers where you need a mouse for every single command. I use the commandline and mc now obut I'd

RE: are there other file managers besides gmc?

2000-04-04 Thread Larry Elmore
From: Alexander Gretencord [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: are there other file managers besides gmc? Andzo wrote: FileRunner is very good. http://www.cd.chalmers.se/~hch/filerunner.html Can you navigate FileRunner through the keyboard ? I hate those filemanagers where you

Re: are there other file managers besides gmc?

2000-04-03 Thread John Carline
Christian Surchi wrote: On Sun, Apr 02, 2000 at 04:39:05AM +, John Carline wrote: Personally I like fvwm95. It's very configurable and on my box uses less memory than any other. But since we each our own style, go to the following link and pick one you like.

are there other file managers besides gmc?

2000-04-02 Thread john smith
hello, I would like to know what other file managers are available besides gmc..maybe there is something better out there? __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Re: are there other file managers besides gmc?

2000-04-02 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Sun, Apr 02, 2000 at 12:49:53AM +, john smith wrote: hello, I would like to know what other file managers are available besides gmc..maybe there is something better out there? My personal preference is the file manager that comes with tkdesk. It's not GNOMEified or anything

Re: are there other file managers besides gmc?

2000-04-02 Thread Sean Johnson
john smith wrote: hello, I would like to know what other file managers are available besides gmc..maybe there is something better out there? I like gentoo. Sean

Re: are there other file managers besides gmc?

2000-04-02 Thread John Carline
john smith wrote: hello, I would like to know what other file managers are available besides gmc..maybe there is something better out there? Personally I like fvwm95. It's very configurable and on my box uses less memory than any other. But since we each our own style, go

Re: are there other file managers besides gmc?

2000-04-02 Thread Christian Surchi
On Sun, Apr 02, 2000 at 04:39:05AM +, John Carline wrote: Personally I like fvwm95. It's very configurable and on my box uses less memory than any other. But since we each our own style, go to the following link and pick one you like. www.PLIG.org/xwinman He asked a file manager,

Re: are there other file managers besides gmc?

2000-04-02 Thread Tom Pfeifer
of packages available. A really nice program can in there hiding, like filerunner for me, and we never realize it until we stumble across it, or someone else mentions it. Tom john smith wrote: hello, I would like to know what other file managers are available besides gmc..maybe there is something

Re: file managers

1999-01-15 Thread Harrison, Shawn
tkdesk does not conform to X11 ... and cannot be restored at the next session What does it mean ?? snip It conforms just fine to X11, it doesn't employ KDE's session management. That's all it's saying -- a harmless message (and plug for you to switch to KDE apps, of course).

Re: file managers

1999-01-12 Thread Tom Pfeifer
wanna chime in with why they like their favorite file managers (under X)? I'm on the lookout for the cream of the crop. I hate to say it, but the Winblows team has a good file manager, and I'd like similar functionality under X. The one I got with KDE is okay, but I detest the file listing

Re: file managers

1999-01-12 Thread Mariano Georges
On mar, 12 jan 1999, Tom Pfeifer wrote: I don't know if you've tried these or not, but the two I like are Midnight Commander (mc) and tkdesk. Midnight Commander (found in utils directory) runs in console mode or an xterm window, and tkdesk (found in x11 directory) is strictly an X program. I

Re: file managers

1999-01-12 Thread wb2oyc
So, anyone wanna chime in with why they like their favorite file managers (under X)? I'm on the lookout for the cream of the crop. I hate to say it, but the Winblows team has a good file manager, and I'd like similar I like the filemanager in TkDesk. paul

Re: file managers

1999-01-12 Thread Christian Lavoie
Jay, If you like Windoze Explorer, try Linux Explorer (explorer). They look very much alike! :-) BTW, the Linux Explorer has been renamed to X-Plorer (Other than linux support) and hasn't been updated in quite a long time, especially for a linux thingie. But it's a good way to

Re: file managers

1999-01-12 Thread MallarJ
In a message dated 1/11/99 7:06:12 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] net.com writes: BTW, the Linux Explorer has been renamed to X-Plorer (Other than linux support) and hasn't been updated in quite a long time, especially for a linux thingie. But it's a good way to ease the

file managers

1999-01-11 Thread MallarJ
So, anyone wanna chime in with why they like their favorite file managers (under X)? I'm on the lookout for the cream of the crop. I hate to say it, but the Winblows team has a good file manager, and I'd like similar functionality under X. The one I got with KDE is okay, but I detest the file

Re: file managers

1999-01-11 Thread jpjevans
Jay, If you like Windoze Explorer, try Linux Explorer (explorer). They look very much alike! :-) On 11 Jan, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, anyone wanna chime in with why they like their favorite file managers (under X)? I'm on the lookout for the cream of the crop. I hate

Re: Tkdesk (was: File managers ??............)

1998-07-15 Thread Mark Harrison m0192@
Michael Beattie wrote: On Mon, 13 Jul 1998, Alexey Vyskubov wrote: On Thu, Jul 09, 1998 at 02:38:00PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tkdesk looks fine but I don't know how to get rid off of the icons menu which appear on the left of the screen. Nasty hack: put the

Re: Tkdesk (was: File managers ??............)

1998-07-14 Thread Michael Beattie
On Mon, 13 Jul 1998, Alexey Vyskubov wrote: On Thu, Jul 09, 1998 at 02:38:00PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tkdesk looks fine but I don't know how to get rid off of the icons menu which appear on the left of the screen. Nasty hack: put the following in the last line of

Re: Tkdesk (was: File managers ??............)

1998-07-13 Thread Alexey Vyskubov
On Thu, Jul 09, 1998 at 02:38:00PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tkdesk looks fine but I don't know how to get rid off of the icons menu which appear on the left of the screen. Nasty hack: put the following in the last line of ~/.tkdesk/AppBar: set tkdesk(appbar) {{}} ;) -- Alexey

Re: File managers ??............

1998-07-11 Thread Michael Beattie
On Thu, 9 Jul 1998, Tom Pfeifer wrote: I tried explorer. It runs OK, but you can't do a whole lot with it yet. Looks promising though. For now, the best two I've used are Midnight Commander and the TkDesk. [snip] add to that kfm from KDE... :) Michael Beattie

Re: File managers ??............

1998-07-10 Thread Shaul
Hi Im wonder the power of my linux system. But Im still browsing my computer only with the ls command. Can you people recomend me a good file manager ??? No one mentioned offix-files. Why ? (I don't use it myself. I am just cuorious.) offix-files - Drag Drop based filemanager

File managers 2............

1998-07-10 Thread Phillip Neumann
Hi people. I was the one, who ask about a file managers. I read about the XVFilemanager. What about it. Is it a good one. (It looks nice). My problem is that i cant compile it, but thats another story. Thanks, Phillip , [EMAIL PROTECTED

File managers ??............

1998-07-09 Thread phillip Neumann
Hi Im wonder the power of my linux system. But Im still browsing my computer only with the ls command. Can you people recomend me a good file manager ??? Thanks, Phillip Neumann -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: File managers ??............

1998-07-09 Thread Steve Lamb
On Wed, 08 Jul 1998 22:41:23 PDT, phillip Neumann wrote: Im wonder the power of my linux system. But Im still browsing my computer only with the ls command. Can you people recomend me a good file manager ??? Well, if you're used to Norton Commander from DOS there is Midnight Commander

RE: File managers ??............

1998-07-09 Thread FRANCK . F . L . LEGALL
You have got one with staroffice 4.0 (www.stardivision.com) Another package is explorer (a win95 like). I didn't not tried it. I think it is in the contrib directory Franck Hi Im wonder the power of my linux system. But Im still browsing my computer only with the ls command. Can you

Re: File managers ??............

1998-07-09 Thread Tom Pfeifer
I tried explorer. It runs OK, but you can't do a whole lot with it yet. Looks promising though. For now, the best two I've used are Midnight Commander and the TkDesk. Tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You have got one with staroffice 4.0 (www.stardivision.com) Another package is explorer (a

Re: File managers ??............

1998-07-09 Thread FRANCK . F . L . LEGALL
Tkdesk looks fine but I don't know how to get rid off of the icons menu which appear on the left of the screen. -- I tried explorer. It runs OK, but you can't do a whole lot with it yet. Looks promising though. For now, the best two I've used are Midnight Commander and the TkDesk. Tom

Re: File managers ??............

1998-07-09 Thread C.J.LAWSON
Try the midnight commander I think the current version is mc-4.0.5.tar.gz or more Hi Im wonder the power of my linux system. But Im still browsing my computer only with the ls command. Can you people recomend me a good file manager ??? Thanks, Phillip Neumann