Re: [Nautilus-list] features and minor nitpicks

[Ben Ford <ben kalifornia com>]

Darin Adler wrote:

> On Wednesday, July 25, 2001, at 06:31  AM, Matthew J. Doller wrote:
>
> > 1 - would it be possible to use the metafiles to hide arbitrary files?
> > There are a few files in my home directory, for example, that pop up 
> > when
> > using certain applications that just add to the clutter.  For instance,
> > minicom leaves minicom.log, evolution leaves the evolution directory, 
> > the
> > java plugin for mozilla and netscape (at least last time i checked they
> > did) leave java trace files.
> > right clicking on these files and selecting "Hide this file in Nautilus"
> > or something a little more understandable might be good.
>
>
> We've heard this request before, and always in the context of the home 
> directory too. There are a couple small points to resolve before doing 
> it.
>  First, if we had such a feature, we'd always have to read the 
> metafile first before displaying any files in a directory. I think we 
> already do that, but I'm not sure. Second, if we had such a feature, 
> I'd want a UI to make the files appear and disappear. I don't think 
> that having people edit the XML file directly with a text editor is 
> sufficient. Some way to make files disappear would probably be easy, 
> but I am not so sure about ways to make files appear.

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