[lubuntu-users] PCManFM hidden files/dirs

Sun Jun 26 14:13:54 UTC 2016

"That is great, let me know when JerryFM comes out :D"
Haha! Yeah, I'll do that! I like that name though! :-)

Yes, I agree with you on text editors. I like color in my editors as well. But I generally use Gvim/Vim. I just like all of the configuration options with it. Unlimited, really. One option I really like is auto line wrapping. I can just type away and not worry about my text line running and running and running. But sometimes I'll use Pluma, or Gedit as well. 

Well, what about terminals? Oh boy, this discussion could go on forever!
Cheers,
---Jerry

    On Sunday, June 26, 2016 6:01 AM, Israel <israeldahl at gmail.com> wrote:

  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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