Re: GMC feedback / comments

["Georg C. F. Greve" <greve gnu org>]

 || On 4 Mar 1999 21:42:38 +0100
 || deman@win.tue.nl (Ronald de Man) wrote: 

 rdm> Accidentally dragging & dropping from one gmc window to the other also moves
 rdm> the file, so is equally dangerous.

Not really. It is the default behaviour with all desktop environments
that icons are just a link by default. So if one accidentally drags
some file on his/her desktop he will just delete it assuming he'll
just delete the link/icon because that's the way it works with all the 
other desktop environments.

It is good to be able to choose from different actions but the
default action should definitely be a link because it is much safer
for the data.

Apart from that if one wants to create executables on the desktop gmc
will complain because they are owned by root and naturally the user
doesn't have permission to delete them (which is essentially what a
move would result in).

It would be considerable to have a kind of wrapping script in your
desktop directory that does the actual starting of the program, too.

 rdm> Do you mean adding mime-types and corresponding applications? (I've used
 rdm> KDE for some time, but I'm not really sure about those templates anymore.)
 rdm> Being able to add mime-types and actions within gmc is certainly something
 rdm> that's needed (or is it there somewhere and I just can't find it?).

They got stuff like "folder" "program" "file" "device" and such (it's
been a while since I used it). You copy it (which would be the second
best choice for  drag and drop, by the way) and then you modify the
template.

If it would be added to the right button menu you could click on your
desktop, select a program, get a "program" template, select it's
properties and then enter the program with it's parameters... 

 >> O.k. - that's what immediately crossed my mind when using it,
 rdm> The built-in viewer of text files has some scrolling bugs. Moving the
 rdm> scrollbar gives a very shaky effect, and using the little arrows does

Oh - this reminded me. That scrolling only works on Mondays when the
sun shines. .-)

 rdm> not have a real effect (it moves but moves right back). I've tried to
 rdm> fix this, but have not yet succeeded. One of the problems is that
 rdm> GtkAdjustment is a bit inconsistent (when the scrollbar is at the
 rdm> bottom, and you click the down arrow, the GtkAdjustment value decreases
 rdm> and the view scrolls one line up).

I know. I am having some trouble with the GtkAdjustment on a GtkText
widget in the Xlogmaster, too.

Regards,
	Georg

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Georg C. F. Greve <greve@gnu.org>
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