Re: Another GMC suggestion/request

[Hall Stevenson <dhs erinet com>]

Well, I just learned something... I didn't realize that you could
"spell" out the filename you were looking for like that, using Windows
Explorer, at least. As I mentioned, I've seen it available in some "File
Open" dialog boxes, but was unaware of it in Explorer.

Back to someone's suggestion of using "C-s"... That works nicely. Is
that a leftover from console-Midnight Commander ? Problem I just saw
though - I tried it and it worked. Next time I try it though, hitting
"C-s" takes me to the file I "looked" for previously. I doesn't ask for
the new search item ! Any ideas there ?

Regards,
Hall

Ben Frantzdale wrote:
> 
> This is sort of correct. MSExplorer behaves as follows (which I must admit
> I really like):
> hit a letter and it jumps to that part of the list. Continue to type a
> file name and it continues to home in on the file name you are typing. If
> you briefly stop typing (.2 sec or so) it forgets the word you typed so
> that the next character instructs it to go to the files that start with
> that char.
> 
> eg: if you are in windows in the C:\ drive view and type (case
> insensitive) "prog" it will have jumped down to select the "C:\Program
> Files" directory. If you were to wait for a moment and then type "w" it
> would select "C:\windows"
> 
> On Thu, 1 Apr 1999, Hall Stevenson wrote:
> 
> > Here's one I thought of recently that's available in Windows Explorer...
> >
> > Typing the first letter of a filename causes the selected item in the
> > right-hand pane to jump to the first file beginning with that letter.
> > Continuing to hit that letter takes you through each successive file
> > with the same letter.