Re: Minor usability patches

2009/3/12 Peter Federighi <[email protected]>:
>
> Hello.
>
> I have made some minor modifications to ROX-Filer that I think makes it nicer to use.  I hope that those responsible for modifications agree with me and include them in the next release.  These patches are based on ROX-Filer 2.8.

Thanks, but I get:

patch: **** malformed patch at line 12: diff -u src/menu.c src.new/menu.c

It might work better if you generate the patch using "git format-patch"... see

http://roscidus.com/desktop/node/80

> The patches are as follows:
> 1.  Allows the user to click on the previously selected but insensitive icon[s] (like when something else gets the primary selection) and immediately start dragging them.  The previous behavior forced the user to click on the selected icon[s] and then click and drag.
>
> 2.  Allows the user to right click on an unselected icon and have the pop-up menu reference that icon rather than the selected icon[s].

I think this behaviour was deliberate (so you don't lose your
selection too easily).

> 3.  Choosing the Shift Open option (that is, "Look Inside" and "Show Target") from the file menu now opens a new window if the New Window on Button 1 option is set, otherwise it opens in the same window like before.
>
> Sorry about the line wrapping...

Thanks,


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