Re: [rox-devel] Mounting and the cache + suggestions

[Bernard J. <bj...@in...>]

Thomas Leonard wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, Bernard Jungen wrote:
> 
> > Hi! I spotted a buggette in ROX-Filer: when dismounting
> > a floppy disk I get the error "directory missing/deleted", that's
> > ok but if I change the disk contents and remount it's still
> > in ROX cache so I have to hit the refresh button...
> > and I'm not sure where and how to patch the right solution...
> 
> For Unix disks it should spot that the times are different, but DOS disks
> are likely all the same for times :-(

That was a DOS disk, who uses Unix floppy disks these days ? :-)

> Some options:
> 
> - When mounting or unmounting, clear all cached copies of the FS.
>   This works as long as you always use the filer to mount and unmount...

Isn't it already done?

> - Force a rescan when opening a directory, even if it's in the cache.
>   The cached copy is still displayed first, so it stays responsive.

I have the feeling that doing that for each directory opening will
bloat the thing. How about checking the mount table file modification
time and doing the first option above for new partitions? Though I
know the time thing won't work on all systems.

> - Both of the above (probably best!)

Yes.

Other suggestions:
  - A 'show hidden' button on the toolbar. This would be very useful
    IMO.
  - Remembering the large and small display options, these can be
    different and a pain to restore when you go from large to small
    and vice-versa using the toolbar buttons. Clicking
    "Large, With..." and "Small, With..." menu entries should select
    the appropriate display mode without any extra info i.e. only the
    icon and file name, or alternatively add an option 'none' in the
    'with' submenus.

A bug: going from large display with type to large display with size
or vice-versa doesn't do anything!

-- 
Bernard Jungen, computer science researcher at FUNDP - Member of BASS
Email: bj...@in... - WWW: http://www.info.fundp.ac.be/~bju/
It said, 'Insert disk #3', but only two will fit!