Rodent Beta-2 (aka xffm-4.6.4 ) is now yours!

andrew.alangdondavies.es andrew at alangdondavies.es
Tue May 31 19:26:30 CEST 2011


> >>
>> I'm encountering two problems which I didn't have with 4.6.2. One
>> is that in deskview, changing folders opens a window, which I don't
>> want.
> > I believe you selected the option "Navigational desktop" in the
> Desktop tab of the settings dialog in 4.6.2.
> When you switch versions, 4.6.4 leaves the 4.6.2 configuration alone
> and starts a new configuration for 4.6.4 based on defaults. In the
> default configuration "Navigational Desktop" (called "Navigate" in
> 4.6.4) is off.
> I believe all you have to do is enter the "personal preferences" and
> select the option "Navigate" in the Desktop tab.

Right. Silly me.

> >> The other is that (at least) one folder when opened with rodent
>> displays incorrect contents. I open it with any other fm or with
>> 4.6.2 (or do ls in a terminal) and I see what I expected to see. I
>> open it with 4.6.4 and I see "/", "Home" and "Mount Point".
> > I need a bit more information on this. When you try to open a folder
> that does not exist, rodent will send you to the rodent "root" which
> is the location where the root file system, the home directory, and
> installed plugins are shown. In 4.6.4 there is only one plugin,
> namely, "Mount Point". Try it. Do a "rodent alskdjflaskjflasfjsdlfk"
> and see that you get the same output.

Right.

> > My guess is that the folder in question has some utf-8 or iso-8859
> special characters, like vocals with accents or an n with a tilde. ¿Is
> that so?

Yes; but most folders on my machine do (I'm a translator).

¿What is the output of "printenv |grep LANG"  in the
> terminal?

LANG=en_GB

 This issue may require a fix...

In fact, checking the "Navigate" option solves both problems.

Many thanks,

Andrew



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