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List:       jaxlug-list
Subject:    RE: Gnome 1.4 / Nautilus tweaks?
From:       "Gregory S. Lyons" <gslyons () mediaone ! net>
Date:       2001-08-30 14:21:15
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I'm sitting at an NT box right now, but I recall having had a problem
figuring out how to 'tweak' Nautilus. After R'ing TFM, I discovered that the
diamond button on the pull-down menu (the shape may vary depending on what
'skill level' you're set to) has items for setting the current 'skill level'
as well as the preferences/options settings.

I'm not _very_ stupid, but I found the image button location (nested in the
'text-titled' pull-down menus) to be non-intuitive. I would've preferred
another text-titled menu. Of course, had I been patient enough to wait
around for the tooltip to display, I might've figured it out earlier.

~g

-----Original Message-----
From: Park, Christopher [mailto:Christopher.Park@bankofamerica.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 10:01 AM
To: jaxlug-list@jaxlug.org
Subject: RE: Gnome 1.4 / Nautilus tweaks?


On the topic of Nautilus...  I've used Gnome 1.4/Nautilus w/ Slackware 8 and
I liked the appearance and styling of the Gnome desktop very much, but I had
one BIG problem with Nautilus.  I couldn't figure out how to get it to
display hidden files (files prefixed with a ".")  I eventually lost patience
and switched to KDE/Konqeror.  I probably should have asked you guys before
switching, but better late than never I guess.  So, how does one get
Nautilus to display hidden files?

Thanks,
CP

-----Original Message-----
From: Bryan-TheBS-Smith [mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org]
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 1:33 PM
To: chris@devidal.tv
Cc: jaxlug-list@jaxlug.org
Subject: Re: Gnome 1.4 / Nautilus tweaks?


Chris de Vidal wrote:
> Hahaha...

This is *NOT* a funny issue.  There is _nothing_ funny about "BS".
Stinky maybe, especially on a user group list, but surely *NOT*
funny.  At all.  Seriously.  Period.  Just making sure.  ;-PPP

> Care to enlighten us?  I'm a BlackBox fan, but I could
> be tempted to switch.

It's the Gnome included with Ximian Gnome or RedHat 7.2 (in the
betas as of right now).  You can use Nautilus as your replacement
file manager and even desktop (instead of the older GMC, Gnome
Midnight Commander).

Be sure to set it to only thumbnail and cache local files (e.g., not
the ones on an NFS mount).  I also recommend you delete (or rename)
your existing .Gnome and other Gnome/GTK+ configuration directories
before login in after installing Gnome 1.4/Nautilus.

-- TheBS

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