Re: 2.4: How to specify directory in fileselectbox

[Heinrich Rebehn <rebehn ant uni-bremen de>]

Petri Kanerva wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 21:06, Heinrich Rebehn wrote:
>
> > > Well, you can type the first letter of the dir to the fileselector and
> > > hit TAB, just like with commanline. Then if the dir is the only thing
> > > starting with that letter it changes to that dir, otherwise it shows
> > > only the dirs/files starting with that letter. You can type as much as
> > > you want before hitting enter. I use this much more than clicking with
> > > the mouse.
> > >
> > > Petri
> >
> > Yes, but how about dirs that do not yet exist because the automounter 
> > has not yet mounted them?
>
>
> Like you type /mnt/cdr for example and it hasn't been mounted, so it
> shows you nothing. In this case, wait till its mounted and type ./
> That way the fileselector reloads the current directory, and if the
> volume is now mounted, shows it's contents.
>
>  Petri
Yes, that works, thanks!

Heinrich