Re: Basic X question-nested folders

2005-02-02 Thread MolokaiCreeper
In a message dated 1/30/05 6:45:42 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >>Since nested folders don't open separately in X, but just just keep >>opening up in the same window as you go deeper and deeper into the >>"nest," let's say you want to drag an item back into one of the >>previous folders (one

Re: Basic X question-nested folders

2005-01-31 Thread Al Poulin
From: "Larry le Mac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Al Poulin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Get more columns when you expand the window. I just played with six or seven on a 17" LCD monitor. Yes, but seemingly no way of adjusting the width of the columns... At the bottom of each column divider, grab that little

Re: Basic X question-nested folders

2005-01-31 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Mon, 31 Jan 2005, Larry le Mac wrote: > >From: Al Poulin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Get more columns when you expand the window. > >I just played with six or seven on a 17" LCD monitor. > > Yes, but seemingly no way of adjusting the width of the columns... Click/hold & drag on the hash mark at t

Re: Basic X question-nested folders

2005-01-31 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Mon, 31 Jan 2005, Larry le Mac wrote: > >From: "Frank P. Eigler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Many users maintain a two-window set-up in their finder > >for just this very purpose. > > Is there any way of getting two windows to open automatically > with the layout to suit ? I don't think so. Just

Re: Basic X question-nested folders

2005-01-30 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 1/30/05 11:31 PM, "Tom Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Spew into the Cybertrough: > All in all, this X system seems pretty well thought out. As I learn it, > I'm being continually impressed by things. He he..yah. I thought the same thing about NeXT, OpenStep and BeOS. Kyle Hansen -- "The best wa

Re: Basic X question-nested folders

2005-01-30 Thread Larry le Mac
From: Tom Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> All in all, this X system seems pretty well thought out. As I learn it, I'm being continually impressed by things. Until you want to move a file from one nested folder to another cousin folder (same/similar nested level, but different branch of the tree). Basic

Re: Basic X question-nested folders

2005-01-30 Thread Larry le Mac
From: Charles Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> There is probably a simpler way, but what I've ended up doing (2) possibilities. (1) drag item to the desktop temporarily, then change view area of folders to expose the desired area, drag from desktop to desired folder. (2) have 2 copies of the primary

Re: Basic X question-nested folders

2005-01-30 Thread Tom Baker
As the original poster, I want to thank everyone for the excellent advice. I've tried every single suggestion, and it seems to me that the quickest way to move items between folders is just to switch to column view and shove things across the columns. In doing so I have noticed another neat thi

Re: Basic X question-nested folders

2005-01-30 Thread Larry le Mac
From: Al Poulin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Get more columns when you expand the window. I just played with six or seven on a 17" LCD monitor. Yes, but seemingly no way of adjusting the width of the columns... Larry _ Express yourself instant

Re: Basic X question-nested folders

2005-01-30 Thread Larry le Mac
From: "Frank P. Eigler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Many users maintain a two-window set-up in their finder for just this very purpose. Is there any way of getting two windows to open automatically with the layout to suit ? Larry _ Don't just

Re: Basic X question-nested folders

2005-01-30 Thread Charles Davis
There is probably a simpler way, but what I've ended up doing (2) possibilities. (1) drag item to the desktop temporarily, then change view area of folders to expose the desired area, drag from desktop to desired folder. (2) have 2 copies of the primary folder open at the same time. They both w

Re: Basic X question-nested folders

2005-01-30 Thread Al Poulin
Get more columns when you expand the window. I just played with six or seven on a 17" LCD monitor. Al Poulin Anger, hate, and revenge are for the devil, forgiveness is for God, proactive self-defense is for the rest of us. Gene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Click on the view options on the upper

Re: Basic X question-nested folders

2005-01-30 Thread Clark Martin
At 2:28 PM -0700 1/30/05, Tom Baker wrote: Here's a question from somebody brand new to OS-X. Since nested folders don't open separately in X, but just just keep opening up in the same window as you go deeper and deeper into the "nest," let's say you want to drag an item back into one of the pre

Re: Basic X question-nested folders

2005-01-30 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005, Tom Baker wrote: > Here's a question from somebody brand new to OS-X. > > Since nested folders don't open separately in X, but just just keep > opening up in the same window as you go deeper and deeper into the > "nest," let's say you want to drag an item back into one of the

Re: Basic X question-nested folders

2005-01-30 Thread Gene
Click on the view options on the upper left hand corner of the window. There¹s one with 3 columns. Geno On 1/30/05 1:28 PM, "Tom Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's a question from somebody brand new to OS-X. > > Since nested folders don't open separately in X, but just just keep > open

Re: Basic X question-nested folders

2005-01-30 Thread Eagle
On Jan 30, 2005, at 16:28, Tom Baker wrote: Here's a question from somebody brand new to OS-X. Since nested folders don't open separately in X, but just just keep opening up in the same window as you go deeper and deeper into the "nest," let's say you want to drag an item back into one of the pr

Basic X question-nested folders

2005-01-30 Thread Tom Baker
Here's a question from somebody brand new to OS-X. Since nested folders don't open separately in X, but just just keep opening up in the same window as you go deeper and deeper into the "nest," let's say you want to drag an item back into one of the previous folders (one or more levels back, or