Re: GWorkspace next release (Was: Re: GWorkspace's Tabbed Shelf)

[Enrico Sersale]

On 2005-02-18 00:15:59 +0200 MJ Ray <mjr@dsl.pipex.com> wrote:

> Enrico Sersale <enrico@dtedu.net> wrote:
> > > > Is somebody using the tabbed shelf?
> > It seems that 75% want to keep it. [...]
>
> You asked for users. I'm surprised it's only 75%. Personally, I would
> be happy for all tabs to go away from the user interface. I thought
> GNUstep usually used the listbox and panel combination for the same
> effect? Apart from when I break things(!), that works better for me.
>
> > I posted this on gnustep-ui but I've had no response so I try here :-)
>
> I saw it on -ui, but I couldn't really picture this because I
> don't know what you mean by "the little document icon" - nothing
> appears near the close button of Finder in GWorkspace 0.6.3

I mean GWorkspace from CVS, not 0.6.*. And the icon is in the "Search Results" 
window, not in the main Finder window.

> I assumed it was my fault. I've not upgraded because I don't
> get how to build 0.6.5 as a package. Should I build GWLib as
> one package and GWorkspace as another? I think I emailed you
> about this again recently, as 0.6.3 crashes too much for me.

I'm not expert in packaging at all, but... yes, I think that you should build 
two packages.
The same thing is surely valid also for the FSNode framework that is in CVS and 
will be in 0.7.

> Now, the Finder interface puzzles me anyway. Why do I need to
> drag a folder to its shelf *and* select it? Why can't it search
> all folders on the shelf if none are selected? Alternatively,
> why not search the selection in the File Viewer if there's
> nothing on the Finder shelf?

The Finder window has a popup wrom which you can choose where to search. The options are: 
the current File Viewer selection and the paths selected in the Finder "shelf".

> Regardless, I look forward to seeing the announcement of 0.6.6
> or 0.7.0 on info-gnustep - I use GWorkspace a lot every login.