[lubuntu-users] PCManFM hidden files/dirs

[Israel]

Hi Jerry,
That is great, let me know when JerryFM comes out :D
I think C is better for a file manager, but that is just my opinion..

I think experimenting with different apps is great, you find a lot of 
things you wouldn't.  I for one do not like leafpad at all for a text 
editor and always install something else (pluma, geany, mousepad 
something with syntax highlighting)  For many leafpad would work well as 
it is a simple text editor.  But I NEED syntax highlighting in a text 
editor so I install other apps.  Same for you and the file manager, you 
are accustomed to certain ordering of files so you require a file 
manager that does that to keep your workflow the same.

Maybe you could e-mail us your results of testing, or even contribute a 
wiki page to the Ubuntu wiki about file managers?

On 06/25/2016 11:26 AM, J. Van Brimmer wrote:
> Hi Israel,
>
> Thanks for your input, I really do appreciate it. You just gave me an 
> idea, maybe I'll learn python, or C, and write my own file manager!
>
> Ha! That'll be the day!
>
> Yeah, your point is well taken. I don't know why I was stuck in the 
> "default file manager" rut. Like has been said, there are lots of 
> options in the libre software world. I'll just keep experimenting 
> until I settle on the one that suits me the best.
>
> Thanks all!
>
>
> ---Jerry
>
>
> On Saturday, June 25, 2016 8:25 AM, Israel <israeldahl at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>     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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