Re: new gnome file selection
On Thu, 2004-07-08 at 17:51, dzpost@dedekind.net 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
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