[lubuntu-users] PCManFM hidden files/dirs

[Israel]

Hi Jerry,
Caja is the 'old' nautilus so if you like it better by all means use it!
There are lots and lots to choose from.
Some people would rather have a 2-paned file manager than one that uses 
abstractions and bookmarks.
I, like Aere, preferr pcmanfm for numerous reasons (fast, light, does 
everything I want, has features other file managers don't, generally 
improves without removing features)
I have used many file managers (nautilus, thunar, rox, pcmanfm, spacefm, 
xfe, terminal file managers, etc...) and for me pcmanfm works the best.  
This is (as it has been pointed out) why GNU/Linux is so great.
You could even (if you chose) hack the code of pcmanfm to sort files the 
way you want, and add configuration options etc... Enjoy libre software! :D
You are totally free to use caja instead of pcmanfm in Lubuntu.
If you need help setting it up just ask us!


On 06/24/2016 12:11 PM, Aere Greenway wrote:
> Jerry:
>
> It's okay to have different preferences.  I personally like being 
> different.
>
> It sounds like I would like Caja better as well, but it's not a big 
> enough deal for me to want to change.
>
> Where Caja does it differently, their code probably substitutes their 
> own lexical comparison routine, as certainly can be done.
>
> With the default lexical comparison routines, the hidden folders (and 
> hidden files) come first only because a period (.) comes before any 
> letter or digit in the 'alphabetical order' of the character set.
>
> In the e-mail I sent last, the table may not have appeared in table 
> form without the e-mail being viewed in HTML form.
>
> - Aere
>
>
> On 06/23/2016 10:46 PM, J. Van Brimmer wrote:
>> 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.
>
>


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