[rox-users] Re: Re: using rox filer

[Stephen W. <st...@ke...>]

John Pettigrew <jo...@xl...> wrote:

> In a previous message, Stephen Watson <st...@ke...> wro=
te:
>=20
> > Yes I've already tried using the Run Action' from the `File' menu and=
 it
> > worked with some files as *.jpeg,=A0 but not with Ooo files (*.sxw), =
and
never
> > with files (whatever they are) on fat32 partitions.
> >=20
> > Did you read the last entry?
>=20
> I suspect he did - did you?=20

I wrote it.

> It reads:
>=20
> > Why don't the types work on CDs or Windows discs?
> >=20
> > This happens when all the files are shown using the icon (or similar)=
.
> >=20
> > These types of file system can force all files to be marked as
executable,
> > which overrides the type system. Either re-configure the file system =
(if
you
> > know how!) or use the option Types=3D>Ignore eXecutable bit for known=
=20
> > extensions.
>=20
> That is, on FAT32 systems and some CDs, you'll find that Rox (and other=

> filemanagers) can't automatically handle launching data files, because =
the
FS
> has defined all files as executable (N.B. this isn't a fault in the
> filemanager but a misconfiguration [for this purpose] of the mount). Th=
is
> means that, to the filemanager, they appear as executable files, not da=
ta,
so
> they are Run instead of being passed to another application to load.

Notice also that the para you quoted contains 2 ways to get around the
problem.

--=20
Stephen Watson     http://www.kerofin.demon.co.uk/

I woke up and I had a big idea/To buy a new soul at the start of every ye=
ar
I paid up and it cost me pretty dear/Here's a hymn to those that disappea=
r