Ori Bernstein wrote: >>> I've written a patch to make Thunar reuse the same properties dialog and >>> change >>> the contents based on the last-selected file. This is quite useful when >>> managing stuff like manually renaming a large number of files by hand, or >>> just >>> for managing screen clutter when going thorugh a large number of files. >>> >>> The patch is attached at http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2666 >> I'm aware of this patch, but I don't think it's something for Thunar by >> default. > > Ok, that's your choice to make, although I'll keep applying this patch to > Thunar > whenever I build it, since it really does make managing properties of large > numbers of files at once a breeze. For example, I just copied over a bunch of > files from a backup, and wanted to change permissions on a few, so I just > opened > properties and rolled through all the files. > > I'm just wondering if you could explain your reasons for rejecting this > patch -- Perhaps there's some way I can keep the increased functionality, > but modify it to be acceptable.
It changes the way the properties dialog works, which is unexpected and probably confusing for the user. > Ori Benedikt _______________________________________________ Thunar-dev mailing list Thunar-dev@xfce.org http://foo-projects.org/mailman/listinfo/thunar-dev
