Re: Feeling about GS file browsing

[Chris B . Vetter]

On Thu, 27 Dec 2001 17:02:57 +0100
Erik Dalen <dalen@jpl.nu> wrote:
> On 2001-12-27 11:20:39 +0100 "Peron, Stéphane"
> <stephane.peron@dcmc.creditlyonnais.fr> wrote:
> > So my question :
> > Why the default gnustep browser wouldn't show files and
> > directories separetly  as many other files browsers ?
> Well, it's the way it's done on OpenStep. I actually find the gtk
> filebrowser very annoying doing that. But I think that perhaps the
> gnustep filebrowser could print directories in bold or another
> colour to make them more easily distinguable. Or do like the
> filebrowser on amiga which listed directories first and then files.
> (it also had directories in blue).

There actually (already?) is a way to show directories using a BOLD
font by setting a NSGlobalDomain key.

Set 'GSBrowserCellFontify' to 'YES' ...

   defaults write NSGlobalDomain GSBrowserCellFontify YES

> But I really think the gnustep filebrowser is a lot better than
> the gtk one. One thing though, the buttons on the bottom, floppy
> disks aren't really as commonly used as when NeXTStep was made.
> couldn't the floppy disk icon be exchanged for a small computer
> that took you to the root? Or something that took you to the
> Network?

Huh?

-- 
Chris