XFFM Bug (hidden files) (2 bugs in one)

[Olivier Fourdan]

Jasper,

It might be worth adding this and the JApanese translations to rc1 I
think. What do you think?

After all, rc1 is supposed to become the final release if no major
problem is discovered (but I doubt it will)

Cheers,
Olivier.

On Fri, 2003-07-11 at 05:03, edscott wilson garcia wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 19:55, edscott wilson garcia wrote:
> > On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 11:42, Luis Miguel Garcia wrote:
> > > Hola Edscott,
> > > 
> > > it seems I can keep you busy. I'm moving all of my data to another
> > > computer so i'm using xffm a lot and founding new bugs.
> > > 
> > > And now, the report:
> > > 
> > > I have activated the "Show hidden" option (mostrar ocultos en el xffm
> > > from spain) and the hidden files have appeared. That's correct. Now I
> > > close xffm and open it newly. Where are my hidden files? Oh my god! The
> > > only files in the list are the normal files. No hidden files even when
> > > Options / Show hidden IS ACTIVATED.
> > > 
> > > If I unckech the option and check it newly, it works perfectly, showing
> > > my hidden files and directories.
> > > 
> > > So I think it's a matter of checking the variable at startup too, not
> > > to?
> > 
> > I confirm the bug. It should be easy to fix.
> 
> Fixed. Attached is a patch (24hr bug-workaround). BTW, the "subsort by
> filetype" was also misbehaving the same way. No wonder I thought
> something was cranky about it but I could not figure it out!
> 
> > 
> > > 
> > > Now, the second bug. When I check Options / Show hidden, the right panel
> > > of xffm close the opened directories, and opens it newly with the new
> > > configuration (showing the hidden files or not), but the left panel
> > > doesn't get updated in this moment. It works if I open new directories,
> > > but not for the directories already opened.
> 
> This bug needs a little more thought and feedback. Since both treeviews
> are using the same treemodel, the update is done to both. But I believe
> the ability to have different nodes expanded is quite powerful. Default
> goto affects only the right treeview, as other options, being it the
> main treeview. You will also notice that if you close a folder in the
> main treeview, the icon in the secondary treeview will be closed even if
> the node is expanded. At the moment I do not know exactly how to
> proceed, so I am waiting for multiple feedback and suggestions to define
> the behaviour. The dual view of the same treemodel is a new concept
> (quite different from nautilus or konqueror) and therefore needs to
> follow a different path.
> 
> 
> saludos
> 
> Edscott
> 
> > 
> > I get it. The issue is that when the left panel is collapsed it is not
> > expanded again. Both treeviews use the same treemodel so they are both
> > updated. It's just that it's not expanded. Well, let's get to work
> > then... 
> > 
> > > 
> > > edscott, sorry with my poor english but as you know, I'm spanish and I
> > > have problems trying to explain me in english. If you don't understand
> > > any of this explanations, I can write it in spanish (perhaps we have
> > > better understanding).
> > 
> > Understand perfectly. No hay problema.
> > 
> > saludos
> > 
> > Edscott
> > 
> > > 
> > > thanks a lot...
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