Re: File manager tree.

[Cory Watson <gphat cafes net>]

At 05:33 PM 5/29/99 +0100, James Green wrote:
>On Sat, 29 May 1999, Guillermo S. Romero / unnamed / Familia Romero wrote:
>
>> >   Is there any objections to me removing the [+] feature from the
>> >file manager?
>> 
>> What about adding a [?] for slow dirs? If GMC knows that the scan will be
>> slow (non-local, floppies), it puts [?] until user requests to see the dir.
>> After then, the data is in a cache, so it can have [+]/[-] if the dir has
>> subdirs. Windows places [+] when unknow, better [?], no? GMC keeps the
signs
>> when avaliable, still works with slow fs (via "?" -> "+" | " ") and the GUI
>> gives good feedback (it does not lie, it says "i do not know"), 100%
nice IMHO.
>
>OK, that's a good idea, and in the absence of anything better, I vote for
>this.

I concur.


>Basically guys, whenever a desision like this needs making, rather than
>taking a vote and displeasing some, let's just have an options in the
>prefs.

Excellent point James!