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ttuuxxx · Posted: Sun 17 Jan 2010, 21:04 Post subject:

nice one techno, great idea for the people who like xfe Smile

ttuuxxx

danneauxs · Joined: 14 Oct 2008 Posts: 92

Techno this is great work just what I wanted!!

Is it just cuz I'm stuck on a 800x600 laptop or is there no [X] button for closing or a [_] button to minimize? No big deal but I guess I'm spoiled lol

Danneauxs

ttuuxxx · Posted: Tue 26 Jan 2010, 18:15 Post subject:

danneauxs · Joined: 14 Oct 2008 Posts: 92

Thanks works great but file/quit is less work LOL

It's STILL worth it to file/quit over using ROX

danneauxs

ttuuxxx · Posted: Tue 26 Jan 2010, 19:08 Post subject:

ttuuxxx · Posted: Tue 26 Jan 2010, 19:10 Post subject:

here's a pic of thunar in 2.14x
ttuuxxx

danneauxs · Joined: 14 Oct 2008 Posts: 92

Ttuuxxx,

Now that looks good. Kinda looks like the save file dialogue in puppy or are those part of the programs you use like abiword etc. Thundar is definitely going in my toolbox.

Thanks
Danneauxs

technosaurus · Joined: 18 May 2008 Posts: 4787 Location: Kingwood, TX

yeah, i had to do a lot of hacks (commented out bad ifdefs) on the FOXlib code just to get it to compile statically, so not sure went wrong there - either missed one or got carried away, but apparently FOX doesn't get tested statically that much. If I were trying to intentionally eliminate the top bar I would probably have found it near impossible.

RobCr · Joined: 06 Sep 2010 Posts: 11

Is XFE available for Lucid Puppy ?
I searched using the Lucid Program installer, but could not see XFE anywhere.

Sylvander · Posted: Mon 06 Sep 2010, 18:43 Post subject:

I use this Fox-library + Xfe combination in ALL Pupplets I've tried...
The pair never fail to work.

stu90 · Posted: Mon 06 Sep 2010, 22:55 Post subject: Re: XFE in Lucid Puppy ?

RobCr · Joined: 06 Sep 2010 Posts: 11

Thanks for response.
Should come in handy for other programs.
I have just heard back from the XFE author and he tells me that it does not do some of the Windows Explorer navigation that I believe is necessary (for me).
So I will give up on XFE.
Thanks for responding

Sylvander · Posted: Wed 08 Sep 2010, 04:53 Post subject:

Do tell...

What does Windows Explorer do that Xfe cannot? Confused

RobCr · Joined: 06 Sep 2010 Posts: 11

Sylvander · Posted: Wed 08 Sep 2010, 06:33 Post subject:

Perhaps I'm failing to fully comprehend what you are saying, but...

1. "Navigate the Folders in the left panel"
Xfe has a left panel [1] that gives a display of the hierarchical folder system.
This can be expanded and navigated to go anywhere in the folder system.

2. "When I select a folder in the left panel, it's child folders show in the Right Panel "
Xfe does this too.
e.g.
(a) You can click the appropriate icon at the top of the window to display 2 panels at right [panels 2 &3]...
[Or a single panel only if you prefer; it's easy to switch back and forth from single to twin panels]
You can then click the address bar at top so as to give that panel [panel 2?] the focus, and then when you click on a folder in panel 1, the [folder & file] content of that folder is displayed in the panel [2] that has the focus.
Then you can change focus to the alternate panel [3], and in panel 1, navigate to [and click upon] yet another folder, so that displays in the alternate panel [3].

(b) Then the really neat thing is...
Having displayed the contents of your chosen folders in panels 2 & 3, you can "Move to..." or "Copy to..." from either panel 2 to 3, or panel 3 to 2.
Try it...it's really good.
I copy the contents of whole partitions in this manner...
Probably to a folder on a partition on an external USB HDD...
Probably as a means of making a backup copy of the [Windows or Puppy?] partition contents.

3. "And of course, any files present are shown in the right panel"
Xfe does this, as explained in 2a above.

4. "Ability to expand a Folder in the Left Panel to show that Folder's child Folders, in the left Panel"
Xfe does this, as explained in 2a above.
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