Re: I want to be able to type in the filename...

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

Sean Middleditch wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-12-11 at 19:25 +0100, Heinrich Rebehn wrote:
>
> > Toralf Lund wrote:
> >
> > > Can I change the GNOME fileselector behaviour so that I can type in the 
> > > filename?
> > >
> > > This is a lot faster and (ahem) *user friendlier* if you know in advance 
> > > what you are looking for...
> >
> > I have to second that. Also, how can i access files that are on an 
> > automounted (nonbrowsable) directory?
>
>
> We don't want to display path names.  Having to understand the magic /
> character (I know at least 6 people that call that "backslash") sucks.

?? I have absolutely no problems with pathnames and / ??
> The file selector has autocomplete, you don't need the full file entry
> in most cases.  When you do, use ctrl-f.  It works, and it doesn't
> require shoving more widgets into the main selector UI.

When i hit ctrl/f and type the beginning of a path and hit TAB, nothing 
happens, only the text input box closes.
> As for automounting, if you can't browse to the target directory, your
> automounter is broken.

No. The fileselector is broken, because it does not let me browse all 
places that i can browse with the shell.
There are scenarios where not all dirs in the path exist/are readable, 
such as:
- home directories. The default setup for the solaris
  automounter specifies "-nobrowse" for the home directories.
- Automount table with wildcard entries
- Imagine a user who wants to grant you access to a specific dir
  without letting you browse his entire home tree. He sets perms
  of his home dir to 0711 and his 'exchange' dir to 0755.
  In a shell you can do 'ls /home/user/exchange', in the fileselect
  box you're lost.

  There should be empty folders that expand into
> the full automounted tree when accessed.  If you are using an
> automounter that can't do that, then make symlinks (i.e., /some-server
>
> > > /some-server.mount).  I used to do that with an old, old system so I
>
> could tab-complete from the shell to automounted directories.

That would just be a workaround for a poorly designed fileselect box

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