xffm v rox and changing default programs

[Bob Snyder]

Erik Harrison wrote:

>On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 20:49:00 -0800, Bob Snyder <bob.snyder at cox.net> wrote:
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>>Erik Harrison wrote:
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>>>On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 16:10:58 -0800 (PST), Larry Fiske
>>><thegreatlarro at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>>>hello,
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>>>>i've browsed the user manuals and can't find anything about these 2 items:
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>>>>1) i'd like to use xffm as a file manager, but rox-filer seems to load, how can
>>>>i change over to xffm?
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>>>In what context does Rox load - what do you open it from? Is it a
>>>launcher on the panel? Folder on the Rox desktop? How do you launch
>>>your filemanager?
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>>I don't know what distro/configuration the original poster is using, but
>>I noticed that in xfld 0.2 (the live xfce demo) the 'file' icon on the
>>panel launches rox by default. That seemed a bit odd to me.
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>Interestly enough, lots of distros which ship with Xfce as the primary
>desktop environment change the file manager. Not sure about Xfld, but
>Cobind used to use Nautilus.
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>xffm has a reputation for having a bit of a learning curve, which it
>does, and being hard to use, which it isn't. Besides, using Rox is a
>tried and true tradition with Xfce which has always followed the Unix
>small tools philosphy. Picking icon view in 3.x file manager would
>just launch Rox. . .
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Well, I used to not care for xffm, but it is has improved very much and 
it has become my regular file manager. Fwiw, I was using rox, although 
after using it (rox) a lot I still find it quirky and it takes more 
'getting used to' than xffm.

I just think that if your going to show off xfce with a live demo CD, 
you shouldn't bury xffm. Jmo.

Bob S.