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Re: [Announce] Hamster Filer - a new file manager

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Originally Posted by nikhilsyangbo (Post 1275059)

where iz the download link

If you have extras-devel repository enabled, just download it through one of the app managers.

Re: [Announce] Hamster Filer - a new file manager

@nikhilsyangbo
if you don't know where is the download link then this is not for you, its in extras-devel so it's not ready for normal users to try it out yet :)

Re: [Announce] Hamster Filer - a new file manager

Bugs (running latest thumb CSSU):
1. Installed it, went to options, tried to change default start location (from "MyDocs") and it didn`t work - clicking the button does nothing;
2. Enabled root access, closed program and tried to restart it - it doesn`t start anymore (where is config file located?);
3. Missing icon on clipboard button (as reported by Mentalist Traceur).

Re: [Announce] Hamster Filer - a new file manager

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Originally Posted by artpra (Post 1275125)

Bugs (running latest thumb CSSU):
1. Installed it, went to options, tried to change default start location (from "MyDocs") and it didn`t work - clicking the button does nothing;

This is actually not a bug, but it works in a kinda non-obvious way - you need to go to another directory, then go to options and click that button. It'll become set to whatever directory you're currently in.

A "Click to make current directory your start location" label would probably greatly help user understanding of how it works.

Re: [Announce] Hamster Filer - a new file manager

Thanks Mentalist, I didn`t think of that and it definitely should be changed .

As per "2": config file is located at /home/user/.config/hamsterfiler and deleting it fixed (as expected) starting problem. BUT selecting "Run as root" make it non "startable" again.

Re: [Announce] Hamster Filer - a new file manager

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Originally Posted by ivgalvez (Post 1274650)

I will dare to ask for the possibility to enqueue operations, rather than running them in parallel, as it will be a bit overkill for the device to run a few operations at the same time.

Good point, I'll add an option for that.

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Originally Posted by ersanpermana (Post 1274783)

can change the icon-pack?;)

Nope, you would have to change the system icon theme. Later -- maybe, but IMO one layer of theming is enough, so I don't give it a high priority.

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Originally Posted by Mentalist Traceur (Post 1275041)

I noticed a tiny bit of glitchiness with multiselect (had multiselect on, went into clipboard, fiddled around, came back to folder, selection wasn't working, clicked the single/multi-select toggle button, and all was good - I don't recall exactly what I did, but it was more complex than just getting into clipboard and back out).

I don't recall this happening to me, but I'll check the related code.

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Originally Posted by Mentalist Traceur (Post 1275041)

The only counter-intuitive thing is if you've selected 4 [Edit: Some amount of files, I said 4 as an example] files using the dragging-select, and then lift up your finger [Edit: this applies to clicking multiselection too, it's just more counter-intuitive feeling in the dragging on in my opinion), if you press down to get to the long-press context menu, it immediately deselects whichever file you pressed on. I got into the hang of it pretty quickly (click a second time to reselect (and hold), or select all but the last desired file, and then click and hold that one).

Perhaps it would be better to toggle the selection OFF on a file in multiselect after the finger has lifted /off/ the file instead of after it has touched it? (But still keep toggling the selection ON on a file happening when touch first happens, since if you made that toggle after a finger lifts off, you'd force double-clicking just to get to the long press context menu while in multi-select.)

I left it this way (temporarily), because I was worried that it might need messing with some low-level Qt stuff and preferred to work on other things instead. The same goes for the inability to drag-select more items than shown on the screen (no automatic scrolling).

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Originally Posted by Mentalist Traceur (Post 1275041)

Also, the icon for the button that takes you to the clipboard is missing from my theme, apparently (but then again, my theme is a custom one I slapped together myself so I might have missed something) - are you sure it's a standard icon that should be in every theme?

Oh, looks like it's from Gnumeric. I'll search for a possible replacement, this time making sure that it's from one of the standard packages or bundle some icons if I can't find anything reasonable.

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Originally Posted by artpra (Post 1275137)

As per "2": config file is located at /home/user/.config/hamsterfiler and deleting it fixed (as expected) starting problem. BUT selecting "Run as root" make it non "startable" again.

Does it happen to everyone else? I have a non-standard setup with user accounts, so it's possible that if I did something wrong, it could still work for me.

Does running "hamsterfiler" from the terminal result in a message about insufficient permissions (or anything interesting at all)?

By the way, it's just a simple ini file, so you can edit it manually and only remove the line containing "RunAsRoot=true".

Re: [Announce] Hamster Filer - a new file manager

GREAT APP.
The grid view is magnifique.

But I think you should move the delete option on the pop-up menu when you click&hold on one file.
You may accidently delete a file.

Re: [Announce] Hamster Filer - a new file manager

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Originally Posted by gidzzz (Post 1274528)

Uhm, what?
I am pleased to announce a new file manager, but a the same time I would like to apologize for the stupid name and the icon which is perhaps a little too cute. ;) [...] The name of the package is hamsterfiler.

no need to apologize :o
i use Midnight Commander as my file manager (yeap, i'm a *nix terminal admin / user :D) and only exceptionally use File Manager (the default).
think i'm going to do a lot more things as user with Hamster Filer :)
will keep using mc for root task, however :p

PS: how many pizzas can you eat before getting sick ?!?

Re: [Announce] Hamster Filer - a new file manager

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Originally Posted by nikhilsyangbo (Post 1275059)

where iz the download link

You can search in the application manager :D

Re: [Announce] Hamster Filer - a new file manager

It's so cool!!!
I like this FileManager very much!!

but,how can i open current path in XT by Hamster???:confused::confused::confused: