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Re: Behavior for the file browser window
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Torsten |
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Re: Behavior for the file browser window |
Date: |
Sun, 07 Apr 2013 12:19:18 +0200 |
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On 07.04.2013 11:56, John W. Eaton wrote:
> On 04/07/2013 04:57 AM, Torsten wrote:
>> On 07.04.2013 06:59, John W. Eaton wrote:> Follow-up Comment #6, patch
>> #8000 (project octave):
>>> I'm not sure what the behavior should be for the file browser window.
>>>
>>> Your change makes it so that moving around in the file browser also
>>> changes
>>> the current working directory for Octave. Is that the behavior we
>>> want? I
>>> think of file browsing as independent of what the curent working
>>> directory is.
>>> It seems to me we should only change the current working directory
>>> if some
>>> explicit action is taken in the file browser.
>>>
>>> Maybe we should discuss this on the maintainers list before making more
>>> changes.
>>
>> Currently, the file browser widget do change the octave directory when
>> browsing through the directories. AFAIK this is the behavior of the ML
>> current folder browser, too.
>
> What I see is that you can search for files in the file browser
> without changing Octave's current working directory. Only when you
> select a new diretory by double-clicking in the file browser list box
> do you change Octave's current working directory. Perhaps that is too
> confusing without having another clue that this behavior is
> intentional. For example, a button to change to the selected
> directory.
I think it was not intended that entering a new directory or using th
"up"-button does not change the octave directory.
>
> If navigating in the file browser is supposed to change Octave's
> current working directory every time a new directory is opened for
> browsing, then I don't see the point of having both the file browser
> and the text entry box for the current directory. Why not just have
> the file browser?
With both you have the possibility to close the file browser and still
have the combo box for seeing and changeing the actual directory.
Torsten
- Behavior for the file browser window, Torsten, 2013/04/07
- Re: Behavior for the file browser window, John W. Eaton, 2013/04/07
- Re: Behavior for the file browser window,
Torsten <=
- Re: Behavior for the file browser window, John W. Eaton, 2013/04/07
- Re: Behavior for the file browser window, Torsten, 2013/04/07
- Re: Behavior for the file browser window, John W. Eaton, 2013/04/12
- Re: Behavior for the file browser window, Daniel J Sebald, 2013/04/12
- Re: Behavior for the file browser window, Daniel J Sebald, 2013/04/12
- Re: Behavior for the file browser window, John W. Eaton, 2013/04/12
- Re: Behavior for the file browser window, Daniel J Sebald, 2013/04/12
- Re: Behavior for the file browser window, Torsten, 2013/04/13
Re: Behavior for the file browser window, PhilipNienhuis, 2013/04/07