Re: [Nautilus-list] expanding the list view -> tree view and usability suggestions

[Jonathan Blandford <jrb redhat com>]

Abe Fettig <abe fettig net> writes:

> On 11 Jun 2001 17:28:57 -0400, Jonathan Blandford wrote:
> > Jonathan LaCour <gte079i prism gatech edu> writes:
> > > As I understand it from several people in #nautilus, the list view uses
> > > a NautilusList which cannot handle such a task.  The GtkTreeView from
> > > GTK 2.0 will be far more capable, and may be able to perform such an
> > > operation.
> > 
> > Sadly to say, it will not.  This would require a fairly substantial
> > amount of work to implement (though it may be worth doing at some
> > point.)
> 
> What about the eTree widget used in Evolution?  It seems to have a high
> degree of flexibility, and allows multi-column tree views.

It allows grouping of a single view, which is not the same thing than
that ascii drawing.  It may get support for it in the future, but it
depends on its developers.

Thanks,
-Jonathan