ANNOUNCE: xffm-4.3.3 released

Mr Machine machinehasnoagenda at gmail.com
Tue Aug 16 05:05:54 CEST 2005


Edscott Wilson Garcia wrote:
> El mar, 16-08-2005 a las 10:36 +1000, Mr Machine escribió:
> 
> 
>>>I see. When you release button 2 nothing happens. This is a bug in the
>>>single click navigation method. 
>>>
>>>Now fixed it in svn. You should be able to dnd with button 2 when single
>>>click navigation is enabled.
>>>
>>>I don't use single click navigation much, so if you notice anything else
>>>unusual, let me know.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>still doesn't work :(
>>
>>also doesn't work with double-click navigation ...
> 
> 
> Must be something else then...
> 
> 
>>just to confirm i'm understanding what this is supposed to do - you drag 
>>a *.desktop file to the desktop, and you should have a desktop icon, 
>>alongside the "localhost" "Home" and "Run" desktop icons, that will 
>>launch the appropriate application?
> 
> 
> That is correct. You should also be able to dnd any file or folder shown
> by xffm-iconview and get a symlink to it on the desktop. And you should
> be able to dnd any icon on the top level xffm-iconview window and get
> the associated .desktop file symlinked at $HOME/Desktop.
> 
> I believe there is a time delay between anonymous and developer's svn,
> so check your revision. Single click navigation is now enabled for both
> xffm-iconview and xffm-deskview, (svn revision 16945) so you should be
> able to see that. 
> 

cool - that works.


> What does not look right is that you have problems with dnd under
> double-click navigation. That might indicate another problem. Maybe an
> installation issue. Check what happens if you dnd to $HOME/Desktop using
> xffm-iconview. And make sure xffm-deskview is not running under another
> user because that would mean a different $HOME/Desktop directory.


dnd to $HOME/Desktop in xffm-iconview creates a link in iconview but 
doesn't bring it up on the desktop ...

shayne




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