From: Francesco B. <fb...@su...> - 2001-11-07 20:59:18
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On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 08:25:40AM +0000, Stephen Watson wrote: > In message <20011106210436.A917@CorelLinux> > Francesco Bochicchio <fbo...@ga...> scribbled: > > > Just out of curiosity: what are current plans to add bookmarks to > > ROX-Filer? Since this is the only major feature I miss (though I somehow > > bypassed it with a 'Bookmarks' folder full of symlinks), I will gladly help > > on it, if help is needed ( or just wait for it, if help is not needed :-). > > A patch to add a bookmark feature is at > <URL:http://www.kerofin.demon.co.uk/rox/patch.html#bookmark> > > Is this the sort of thing you had in mind? > Similar, but not exactly. My idea : - A folder which stores symlinks to the bookmarked files/directories - A menu item (to which the user can bind a keystroke the usual way) to bookmark a file/dir: this should cause a new symlink to be added to the bookmark folder - A menu item to open a filer window on the folder directory: this will allow to go to one of the bookmarked folders with the next click. It alsdo allow the user to edit/organise its bookmarks just using the standard filer interface (this is why I prefer this solution to the idea of a bookmark file). Since in these cases code speaks better than words, I'll attach the patch I have for my private rox-filer. Ciao -- FB |