Re: [gthumb-list] Can I 'root' gthumb away from my home directory?

[Chris Green <cl isbd net>]

On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 04:40:45PM -0500, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak wrote:
> On 12/23/2011 04:31 PM, Chris Green wrote:
> > I have just started using gthumb (because it's the default on xubuntu
> > 11.10) and I'm quite taken with it.
> >
> > I have a question/need though, is there any way I can tell it to 'start'
> > as it were at a directory that's not my home directory?  I simply want
> > it to view the tree from $HOME/pictures downwards and not be distracted
> > by the rest of what's in my home directory.
>
> Yes.
>
> Edit > Preferences > General > On Startup
Not *quite* what I wanted.  Setting "On Startup" to $HOME/pictures
doesn't hide anything else.  What I want is to see *only* what's under
$HOME/pictures. 

It appears that gthumb uses the same list of top level directories that
the default file manager uses (thunar in my case).  As I very rarely use
the GUI file manager it may be that I can change thunar's defaults and,
as a result, change gthumb as well.

No, on checking, gthumb *doesn't* show the same set of 'root'
directories that thunar shows.  Thunar just shows 'chris' (which is
$HOME) and Desktop and File Syste.  Gthumb on the other hand shows 
'chris', 'Home Folder' (which doesn't work), 'File System', 'CD/DVD
Drive ...' and 'Catalogues'.

What I'd like is either to hide all of those directories and just show
the pictures directory or (second best but acceptable) have pictures as
one of the top level diretories.

What is 'Home Folder' supposed to show?  On my system at the moment when
I try and open it all I get is 'Loading...' and nothing more happens. 
If I could change it so that it was the pictures folder I'd have just
about what I want.

-- 
Chris Green