From: Christopher O. <cur...@gm...> - 2014-10-15 03:46:18
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If you type ctrl/x to a filer window with nothing selected, an action_delete is pending for a future selection. This survives changes in window focus, and can cause quite unexpected results. E.g. click a directory you want to visit, and watch it get blown away instead. Perhaps this should be active for only a short time, or perhaps, leaving a filer window should cancel this pending operation. Otherwise, this seems like an obvious disaster waiting to happen. I've already been bitten by this a couple of times. Pending delete's too much like a loaded gun casually left lying around. Perhaps unloading it when not needed is the best/safest idea. -- Christopher Oliver <cur...@gm...> |
From: Thomas L. <ta...@gm...> - 2014-10-15 07:45:46
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On 15 October 2014 04:46, Christopher Oliver <cur...@gm...> wrote: > If you type ctrl/x to a filer window with nothing selected, an action_delete is pending for a future selection. > This survives changes in window focus, and can cause quite unexpected results. E.g. click a directory you > want to visit, and watch it get blown away instead. Perhaps this should be active for only a short time, or > perhaps, leaving a filer window should cancel this pending operation. Otherwise, this seems like an obvious > disaster waiting to happen. I've already been bitten by this a couple of times. Pending delete's too much > like a loaded gun casually left lying around. Perhaps unloading it when not needed is the best/safest idea. Resetting it when the window loses focus seems reasonable. I imagine most people will have delete operations set to confirm first anyway though... -- Dr Thomas Leonard http://0install.net/ GPG: 9242 9807 C985 3C07 44A6 8B9A AE07 8280 59A5 3CC1 GPG: DA98 25AE CAD0 8975 7CDA BD8E 0713 3F96 CA74 D8BA |
From: Christopher O. <cur...@gm...> - 2014-10-15 09:13:15
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On Wed, 15 Oct 2014 08:45:39 +0100 Thomas Leonard <ta...@gm...> wrote: > I imagine > most people will have delete operations set to confirm first anyway > though... Not necessarily. The problem isn't that I'm making a mistake when I select; the problem is that ctrl/x may have been sent errantly. Say believing the focus is on an emacs window for instance, but the focus is in a filer. ROX deletion should be as surefooted as 'rm' in a terminal window; and as it stands, it is not. Perhaps assuring that a filer window has received an actual EnterNotify and no LeaveNotify in order to respond to a keyboard delete short cut rather than simply having the focus. -- Christopher Oliver <cur...@gm...> |