Re: [rox-devel] Directory scanning changes

[Matthew W. O. <mat...@we...>]

-- Thomas Leonard <ta...@ec...> wrote
(on Tuesday, 21 September 2004, 06:05 PM +0100):
> I've made some changes to the way directories are scanned.
> 
> Before, all items in a directory were examined, and filer windows showed
> just the ones they wanted (eg, non-hidden ones).
> 
> Now, only the names are collected. Each filer window then indicates which
> files it wants to display, and the union of those sets is what actually
> gets checked.
> 
> This should mean that directories with few normal files but many hidden
> files (eg, your home directory) open faster, especially right after
> booting.

This works great -- thanks! My home directory has so many dotfiles it's
absolutely ludicrous. I made my 'Home' icon on my panel actually go to a
subdirectory before this as I didn't want to wait for ROX to process the
home directory. Nice work!

> Let me know if you see any odd behaviour...

Well, since you ask... In the past, I've been able to size filer windows
such that the were smaller in width than the toolbar. When I updated my
CVS copy today, I no longer can do that. I'm not sure when the breakage
occurred, although I'm fairly certain it's happened since the first week
or two of August. Any chance of reverting to the original behaviour?

-- 
Matthew Weier O'Phinney
http://weierophinney.net/matthew/