[lubuntu-users] PCManFM hidden files/dirs

[J. Van Brimmer]

Aere,

I *think* I received it. Didn't it include 

"a table showing the (hexadecimal) numeric values of the ASCII character set"?

Yes, lots of detailed information. Lot's of which I don't understand. But I do appreciate you taking the time to compose the data for me. 


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.



 ---Jerry



> On Thursday, June 23, 2016 5:51 PM, Aere Greenway <Aere at Dvorak-Keyboards.com> wrote:
> > Jerry:
> 
> I sent a detailed explanation, but it exceeded the maximum size of an 
> e-mail for this list, so it 'bounced'.
> 
> Hopefully, the person in charge of the list will make a decision 
> regarding it.
> 
> - Aere
> 
> 
> 
> On 06/23/2016 09:40 AM, J. Van Brimmer wrote:
>>  Hello folks,
>> 
>>  I am trying, really I am, to like Lubuntu and to stick with it. But one 
> thing really bugs me, the way PCManFM sorts files. Can somebody please explain 
> to me the logic of sorting hidden files and directories *before* normal 
> files/dirs?
>> 
>>  For example, take a look at this image:
>> 
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/6ono67mx0svaljp/2016-06-23-080918_997x784_scrot.png?dl=0
>> 
>>     
>>  Why are hidden files sorted *before* normal files? It just feels wrong to 
> me, but if there's a good, logical reason for it, maybe I could get used to 
> it, if I see the advantage to it.
>> 
>>  Cheers,
>> 
>> 
>>   
>>  ---Jerry
>> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Sincerely,
> Aere
>