Re: [Nautilus-list] changing view type

[Evandro Fernandes Giovanini <efgbr terra com br>]

Em 20 Apr 2001 09:06:38 -0700, Darin Adler escreveu:
> on 4/19/01 6:54 PM, Evandro Fernandes Giovanini at efgbr terra com br wrote:
> 
> > when browsing a dir with some mp3's the view type automatically changes
> > to the music view. also, nautilus is changing the view type to list view
> > in some dirs without my request.
> 
> The default type for any folder with MP3s is the music view. But you can
> easily change that with the dialog you get when you choose "View as..." from
> the View as menu. Each viewer can be set to appear or not appear for folders
> by type.
> 

most mp3's i have don't have useful information tags so it's easier for
me to browse by their file names. i can change the view type for each
dir, but i think the use of music-view as default should be an option.

> When you visit a normal directory folder it should be View as Icon unless
> you have visited it before or tinkered with the default settings. If a
> folder you have never visited before shows up as View as List, then you have
> a strange bug that we should diagnose and fix.
> 

i'm going to delete all metafiles and try to reproduce it.

> > btw, what files are used to store this kind of information about a
> > specific dir?
> 
> The setting is stored in metadata. This is stored either in a file named
> .nautilus-metafile.xml in the folder itself, or in a specially-named file in
> the .nautilus/metafiles directory for folders where you don't have
> sufficient access privileges to write a file into the folder.
> 
>     -- Darin
> 
>