On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 14:16, Sean Middleditch wrote: > On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 13:09, Andreas J. Guelzow wrote: > > On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 08:23, Federico Mena Quintero wrote: > > > Users don't normally need to go above their home folder in the > > > hierarchy. > > > > Oh really? Our users (hundreds of them) usually have to access sample or > > exam files that are outside their home directory. (While some may be on > > external mounts, many are not.) > > a) Where then are these files? Some separate partition mounted as /courses in this case. > b) Why not just add a bookmark to all users' file selector to the > necessary location? (That being the point of bookmarks, of course - so > you don't _have_ to navigate all over the place for no truly good > reason.) Normally users would want to create bookmarks directly to the various sub directories for their course. For example /courses may contain a subdirectory for each instructor who then can have a subdirectory for each of their courses. Those course directories or instructor directories may be remotely mounted. Some instructors prefer to have them local since we then can have slightly different data files on each machine. Initially students would need to navigate to the right directories to add those bookmarks. > > > > > > Selecting a folder and typing "delete" should remove it, and you should > > be able to add directories by dragging them there from the list on the > > right. > > Drag and drop should definitely work. Typing out commands should _NOT_. > Aside from that being 100% non-discoverable, there's also the problem > that type-ahead find (a requested feature, and something I believe it > already partially implemented) for a file named 'delete' (yes, I have > some) would do something evil. And there's no reason to delete a file > in the file chooser. The file chooser is for choosing files. If you > want to manage your files, use a file manager. Sorry, I wasn't clear: I did not mean to type out `delete' but to type the delete key. And I also didn't mean to select a folder on the right but a bookmark on the left. Andreas -- Andreas J. Guelzow <aguelzow taliesin ca> Taliesin
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