Re: Desktop context menus and icons should be Gnome intrinsic, not tied to gmc.

[Federico Mena Quintero <federico nuclecu unam mx>]

>  I exited gmc using the close window icon and the desktop icons
>  disappeared at which point I became thoroughly confused. The whole
>  point of a desktop GUI is IMO to have features of the desktop
>  permanently available. Right now I have to click File then close to
>  keep my icons.

This was a nasty bug in previous versions.  Please upgrade your
Midnight Commander, as it has been fixed.

>  So I have noticed. I keep wondering if maybe one day someoe will call
>  for an entire week when no new features are added to (L)GPL code,
>  instead all warnings in compilation are got rid of - would prolly make
>  the world that little bit better.

No developer wants to have warnings in his code.  If we haven't fixed
all of them, it is because of lack of time.  We are taking patches.

>  Right now, gmc is quite nice. I like the look; more functionality
>  options could be present, but it's similarities to Windows Explorer are
>  helpful. I would like to be given the new directory contents though when
>  I click on a plus arrow...

This is the behavior in the latest released version.  Interstingly
enough, most people I have asked have told me they don't like this
behavior -- if you activate the directory you expand in the tree view,
then you cannot just open branches of the tree to see a directory you
want to drag files into.  I am taking this behavior out for the next
version.

>  P.S. I agree to the functionality suggested in the subject header, and
>  IMO it should be in Gnome.

The user does not [need to] care.

We may split the desktop from the base file manager when we rewrite
MC.  It is not happening any time soon, though :-)

  Federico