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1999-05-31 Kjartan Maraas <kmaraas@online.no> * gmc.sgml: added content from user-guide.
1999-05-31 04:04:49 +04:00
<!doctype book PUBLIC "-//Davenport//DTD DocBook V3.0//EN" [
]>
<book>
<bookinfo>
<title>Gnome Midnight Commander Documentation</title>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<firstname>Dave</firstname>
<surname>Mason</surname>
<affiliation>
<address>
<email>dcm@redhat.com</email>
</address>
</affiliation>
</author>
</authorgroup>
<copyright>
<year>1998,1999</year>
<holder>Red Hat Software and David A. Wheeler</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
<para>This documentation is free software; you can redistribute
it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
version.</para>
<para>This program is distributed in the hope that it will be
useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
details.</para>
<para>You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
License along with this program; if not, write to the Free
Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
MA 02111-1307 USA</para>
<para>For more details see the file COPYING that should have
been included in this distribution of the Gnome Midnight Commander.
</para>
</legalnotice>
</bookinfo>
<toc></toc>
<chapter id="gmc">
<title>The GNOME File Manager</title>
<sect1>
<title>Introduction</title>
<para>
<indexterm>
<primary>
GNOME File Manager
</primary>
</indexterm>
<indexterm>
<primary>
GMC
</primary><see>"Gnome File Manager"</see>
</indexterm>
<indexterm>
<primary>
GNU Midnight Commander
</primary><see>"GNOME File Manager"</see>
</indexterm>
GNOME includes a file manager that allows you to manipulate the
files on your system in a comfortable, powerful, graphical
environment. This File Manager is known as GMC for GNU Midnight
Commander. GMC is based on the Midnight Commander file manager
which can be run in a terminal.
</para>
<para>
Midnight Commander has long been known for its power and ease of
use. GMC has taken the power and ease of use from MC and added the
GNOME graphical frontend.
</para>
<para>
As mentioned in the previous chapter, the GNOME File Manager
provides the desktop functionality for GNOME. The GNOME File
Manager also provides a place to manipulate files on your system by
using the GNOME File Manager window.
<figure>
<title>GNU Midnight Commander - The GNOME File Manager</title>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>GMC</screeninfo>
<Graphic Format="gif" Fileref="./figs/gmc1" srccredit="dcm">
</graphic>
</screenshot>
</figure>
</para>
<para>
There are two main windows within the GNOME File Manager. On the
left is the tree view which represents all of the directories on
your system by their hierarchical position. On the right is the
directory window which will show you the contents of the directory
which you have selected in the tree view.
</para>
<para>
To select a directory in the tree view simply use a single mouse
click. This will change the main directory view, showing the files
in the directory you have chosen. If there are directories
contained within the directory, you may click on the plus sign in
the tree view to expand the directory.
</para>
<para>
<indexterm>
<primary>
GNOME File Manager
</primary>
<secondary>
Viewing Files
</secondary>
</indexterm>
The main file view has a few viewing options you may wish to take
advantage of: the icon view and detailed views.
</para>
<para>
The icon view is the default view and will display large icons for
each file. The Brief view shows the files and directories in a
list but without any extra information shown.The Detailed view
will display a list view of the files in the directory and
information about the files. The Custom view is a list view which
allows you to select the information you want to view about files.
</para>
<para>
In the Brief, Detailed, and Custom views if you click on one of
the information titles on the top of the window it will sort the
files according to that information. For example, if you want to
find the largest files in the directory you can click on the Size
title and the files will be sorted by size from largest to
smallest. One more click on the Size title will change the sorting
from smallest to largest.
</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="gmcnav" >
<title>Moving Around the GNOME File Manager</title>
<para>
<indexterm>
<primary>
GNOME File Manager
</primary>
<secondary>
Moving around
</secondary>
</indexterm>
Above the tree and main file windows in the GNOME File Manager
there is a Location text box.
</para>
<para>
Within this text box you can type the path location of the file in
which you would like to view in the main window.
</para>
<para>
<indexterm>
<primary>
GNOME File Manager
</primary>
<secondary>
FTP
</secondary>
</indexterm>
The GNOME File Manager is also equipped to view FTP sites. To view
an FTP site you will need to be connected to the Internet either
through a dial up account or a network. Type the FTP address in
Location text box using and the GNOME File Manager will attempt to
connect to the site.
</para>
<para>
Make sure you type in FTP addresses in the following manner:
<programlisting>ftp://[site address]</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
Next to the Location text box are navigation buttons you might
wish to use. These buttons with the arrow icons allow you to move
within the directories adjacent to the one you are in. The left
button will take you to the previous directory you were in, the
middle button will take you up one level in the directory
hierarchy, and the right button will take you to the next
directory if you have just moved backwards.
</para>
<tip>
<title>TIP</title>
<para>
You can open a secondary window by using your middle mouse button
on any directory. Press the middle mouse button (or both left and
right mouse buttons if you have emulation) on a directory in the
main window and a new window will open showing the contents of the
directory you clicked on.
</para>
</tip>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="gmcselect" >
<title>Selecting Files</title>
<para>
<indexterm>
<primary>
GNOME File Manager
</primary>
<secondary>
Selecting Files
</secondary>
</indexterm>
Selecting files is done with your mouse by clicking on the file
or files in the GNOME File Manager. The file that is selected
will then highlight to show you that it has been selected.
</para>
<para>
<indexterm>
<primary>
GNOME File Manager
</primary>
<secondary>
Selecting multiple files
</secondary>
</indexterm>
There are a couple of ways to select more than one
file. One way is to use the "rubber band" select by clicking and
dragging the mouse cursor around several files. This action will
produce a small dotted line, the "rubber band", to show you the
area in which files will be selected.
</para>
<figure>
<title>"Rubber Band Select"</title>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Rubber Band Select</screeninfo>
<Graphic format="gif" Fileref="./figs/rubberband" srccredit="dcm">
</graphic>
</screenshot>
</figure>
<para>
If you wish to be more selective about the files you are
choosing, or the files you need do not reside next to one
another, you may use the <keycap>CTRL</keycap> key to keep the
files you have selected while you are selecting more. This works
by selecting a file, pressing and holding the
<keycap>CTRL</keycap> key and selecting another file. While the
<keycap>CTRL</keycap> key is pressed you will be able to add to
the "list" of files that are selected. Once you have selected
multiple files by either method you may copy or move the files.
</para>
<para>
You may also select all files in a directory by selecting the
<guimenuitem>Select All</guimenuitem> menu item from the
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu> menu.
</para>
<para>
<indexterm>
<primary>
GNOME File Manager
</primary>
<secondary>
filtering
</secondary>
</indexterm>
You may also filter your selection by using the
<guimenuitem>Select Files</guimenuitem> menu item in the
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu> menu. Using <guimenuitem>Select
Files</guimenuitem> will display a simple dialog which will allow
you to type in criteria for your selection. In this field, the
symbol <keycap>*</keycap> is interpreted as a wildcard, E.g., it
matches any string. For example, if you would like to select all
files in the directory that start with the letter
<keycap>D</keycap>, you can type <keycap>D*</keycap> (note that
filenames in Unix are case-sensitive).
</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="gmccopy" >
<title>Copying and Moving Files</title>
<para>
<indexterm>
<primary>
GNOME File Manager
</primary>
<secondary>
Copying files
</secondary>
</indexterm>
<indexterm>
<primary>
GNOME File Manager
</primary>
<secondary>
Moving files
</secondary>
</indexterm>
The default action for drag and drop in the GNOME File Manager is
to move files. But you can also use drag and drop to copy a file
by pressing the <keycap>SHIFT</keycap> key while dragging the
file(s). This will work the same for any files you drag to the
desktop.
</para>
<para>
<indexterm>
<primary>
GNOME File Manager
</primary>
<secondary>
Linking files
</secondary>
</indexterm>
You may also toggle a menu which lets you decide what action to
perform with a drag by using the middle mouse button to drag a
file or pressing the <keycap>ALT</keycap> Key while dragging a
file. Once you release the drag you will get a pop-up menu which
contains the options Copy, Move, Link, and Cancel Drag.
</para>
<para>
Another way to copy or move files is to take advantage of the
right mouse click <guimenu>pop-up</guimenu> menu. Right mouse
click on the file you want to copy or move and select
<guimenuitem>Move/rename</guimenuitem> or
<guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem> from the <guimenu>pop-up</guimenu>
menu. This will bring up a dialog in which to perform these
tasks.
</para>
<para>
<figure>
<title>The Move Dialog</title>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Move Dialog</screeninfo>
<Graphic Format="gif" Fileref="./figs/gmc_move" srccredit="dcm">
</graphic>
</screenshot>
</figure>
<indexterm>
<primary>
GNOME File Manager
</primary>
<secondary>
Moving files
</secondary>
</indexterm>
To use the move dialog you simply type in the path where you wish
to move the file. If you want to rename the file you may type
the new name of the file in the path string. The Copy dialog looks
and works exactly the same way as the Move/rename dialog.
</para>
<para>
If the file you are moving has a symbolic link associated with it
-- that is, a virtual link to where the file actually resides --
you may select the <guilabel>Advanced Options</guilabel> tab and
select <guilabel>Preserve symlinks</guilabel>. Selecting this
will make sure the link is preserved despite the move.
</para>
<para>
It is recommended that you use this method of moving a file if it
has a symbolic link associated to it.
</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="gmcrename" >
<title>Renaming Files</title>
<para>
<indexterm>
<primary>
GNOME File Manager
</primary>
<secondary>
Renaming files
</secondary>
</indexterm>
Renaming files in the GNOME File Manager window or on the desktop
can be achieved in two ways.
</para>
<para>
One method of renaming a file is to right mouse click on the
file and choose the <guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem> menu
item from the <guimenu>pop-up</guimenu> menu. In the Filename
text box you may type in the new name as you wish it to appear.
</para>
<figure>
<title>File Properties</title>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>File Properties</screeninfo>
<Graphic format="gif" Fileref="./figs/fileprops" srccredit="dcm">
</graphic>
</screenshot>
</figure>
<para>
A shortcut method to rename a file is to slowly double click on
the file. Make sure this is slow so you do not launch the file
but you simply highlight and then click again. At this point the
name of the file will enter into the editing mode, your mouse
cursor will change to an editing line, and you can type in the new
name.
</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="gmclaunch" >
<title> Launching Applications From the GNOME File Manager</title>
<para>
<indexterm>
<primary>
GNOME File Manager
</primary>
<secondary>
Launching applications from
</secondary>
</indexterm>
The GNOME File Manager allows you to launch applications from the
main window by simply double clicking your mouse on a file which
has an application associated with it. You can change the way
file types are handled by reading <xref linkend="gccmime">
</para>
<para>
<indexterm>
<primary>
GNOME File Manager
</primary>
<secondary>
Open with
</secondary>
</indexterm>
If the file does not have an associated application you can right
mouse click on the file and select <guimenuitem>Open
with</guimenuitem> from the <guimenuitem>pop-up</guimenuitem>
menu. This will bring up a dialog which allows you to define the
application which will launch the file. For example, if you want
to edit my file names test.txt with
<application>Emacs</application> (a popular text editor) you can
right mouse click on test.txt and choose <guimenuitem>Open
with</guimenuitem>. When you get the Open with dialog box simply
type in emacs in front of the test.txt file name. When you press
<guibutton>OK</guibutton> <application>Emacs</application> will
open the file.
</para>
<figure>
<title>The Open With Dialog</title>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Open With Dialog</screeninfo>
<graphic Format="gif" Fileref="./figs/open_with" srccredit="dcm">
</graphic>
</screenshot>
</figure>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="gmcfileprops"
<title>File Properties and Actions</title>
<para>
<indexterm>
<primary>
GNOME File Manager
</primary>
<secondary>
File properties
</secondary>
</indexterm>
For any file in the main file display you may right mouse click on
it and choose a variety of properties and actions for it from the
<guimenu>pop-up</guimenu> menu:
</para>
<ITEMIZEDLIST mark="bullet">
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Open</guimenuitem> - This will open the file with
the proper application associated with it. You may read more
about editing these associations in <xref
linkend="gccmime">.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Open With</guimenuitem> - You may open a file with
any application using this menu item. You may read more about
this in <xref linkend="gmclaunch">.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>View</guimenuitem> - This will view the file with a
basic text viewer.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Edit</guimenuitem> - This will launch an editor to
edit the file. The editor launched is determined by the
application associated with that file type. You may read more
about editing this association in <xref linkend="gccmime">.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem> - This will copy the file to the
clipboard so that it can be pasted elsewhere.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem> - This will delete the file.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Move</guimenuitem> - This will bring up the
<guilabel>Move</guilabel> dialog which will allow you to move
the file. You can read more about this dialog and moving files
in <xref linkend="gmccopy">.
</para>
</listitem>
<!--<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Symlink</guimenuitem> -
</para>
</listitem>-->
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem> - The Properties menu item
will launch the properties dialog. The Properties dialog allows
you to edit and view the properties for the selected file.
</para>
<para>
The Properties dialog consists of three tabs, Statistics,
Options, and Permissions.
</para>
<figure>
<title>File Properties</title>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>File Properties</screeninfo>
<Graphic format="gif" Fileref="./figs/fileprops" srccredit="dcm">
</graphic>
</screenshot>
</figure>
<ITEMIZEDLIST mark="bullet">
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>Statistics</guilabel> - This tab will show you the
file information including the name, type, size, and
history. You may change the name of the file in the
<guilabel>File Name</guilabel> text box.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>Options</guilabel> - This tab will allow you to
change the action options for the file. You can define how to
open, view, and edit the file. If you need to open it in a
terminal window you may select the <guilabel>Needs terminal
to run</guilabel> checkbox.
</para>
<note>
<title>NOTE</title>
<para>
If you bring up the Properties dialog from an icon on the
desktop you will be able to change the icon for that file in
the <guilabel>Options</guilabel> tab.
</para>
</note>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>Permissions</guilabel> - This tab allows you to
change the permissions and ownership of a file if you have
access to do so. You may select Read, Write, and Exec
permissions for the User, Group, and Others. You may also set
the UID, GID and Sticky as well as define who owns the file.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect1>
<sect1 id=gmcprefs>
<title>Changing Your Preferences in The File Manager</title>
<para>
<indexterm>
<primary>
GNOME File Manager
</primary>
<secondary>
Preferences
</secondary>
</indexterm>
There are many settings you can configure for the GNOME File
Manager.
</para>
<para>
These settings may be accessed from the <guilabel>GMC
Preferences</guilabel> dialog. You may launch this dialog by
selecting the <guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem> menu item
from the <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> menu.
</para>
<para>
The <guilabel>GMC Preferences</guilabel> dialog is divided into
Five major sections: <guilabel>File Display</guilabel>,
<guilabel>Confirmation</guilabel>, <guilabel>Custom
View</guilabel>, <guilabel>Caching Optimizations</guilabel>, and
<guilabel>VFS</guilabel>.
</para>
<sect2 id="gmcprefs-file">
<title>File Display</title>
<figure>
<title>File Display Preferences</title>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>File Display Preferences</screeninfo>
<graphic Format="gif" Fileref="./figs/gmcprops1" srccredit="dcm">
</graphic>
</screenshot>
</figure>
<ITEMIZEDLIST MARK="bullet">
<listitem>
<para>
<indexterm>
<primary>
GNOME File Manager
</primary>
<secondary>
Display
</secondary>
</indexterm>
The <guilabel>File
Display</guilabel> tab allows you to change the way files are
displayed in GMC.
</para>
<ITEMIZEDLIST MARK="bullet">
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>Show backup files</guilabel> - This will show any
backup file which might be on your system.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<indexterm>
<primary>
GNOME File Manager
</primary>
<secondary>
Hidden Files
</secondary>
</indexterm>
<indexterm>
<primary>
GNOME File Manager
</primary>
<secondary>
Show hidden files
</secondary>
</indexterm>
<guilabel>Show hidden files</guilabel> - This will show all
"dot files" or files that begin with a dot. This files
typically include configuration files and directories.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>Mix files and directories</guilabel> - This
option will display files and directories in the order you
sort them instead of always having directories shown above
files.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>Use shell patterns instead of regular
expressions</guilabel> - This option is for advanced users
only. If you are unfamiliar with Regular Expressions you
should not use this option. If you are familiar with how to
create regular expressions you may select this option to
use them in your sorts and filters.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="gmcprefs-confirm">
<title>Confirmation</title>
<figure>
<title>Confirmation Preferences</title>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Confirmation Preferences</screeninfo>
<graphic Format="gif" Fileref="./figs/gmcprops2" srccredit="dcm">
</graphic>
</screenshot>
</figure>
<ITEMIZEDLIST MARK="bullet">
<listitem>
<para>
<indexterm>
<primary>
GNOME File Manager
</primary>
<secondary>
Confirmations
</secondary>
</indexterm>
This tab allows you to
change which functions ask for your confirmation before
continuing.
</para>
<ITEMIZEDLIST MARK="bullet">
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>Confirm when deleting file</guilabel> - This will
bring up a confirmation screen before deleting a file.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>Confirm when overwriting files</guilabel> - This
will bring up a confirmation screen before overwriting a
file.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>Confirm when executing files</guilabel> - This
will bring up a confirmation screen before executing a
file.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>Show progress while operations are being
performed</guilabel> - This will bring up a progress bar
while certain operations are being performed such as
copying, moving, deleting, etc.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="gmcprefs-VFS"
<title>VFS</title>
<figure>
<title>VFS Preferences</title>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>VFS Preferences</screeninfo>
<graphic Format="gif" Fileref="./figs/gmcprops3" srccredit="dcm">
</graphic>
</screenshot>
</figure>
<ITEMIZEDLIST MARK="bullet">
<listitem>
<para>
<indexterm>
<primary>
GNOME File Manager
</primary>
<secondary>
VFS
</secondary>
</indexterm>
<indexterm>
<primary>
Virtual File System
</primary><see>"GNOME File Manager - VFS"</see>
</indexterm>
This tab allows you to configure
the options for your Virtual File System.
</para>
<para>
The Virtual File System allows you to manipulate files
that are not located on your local file system. There are
different version of the VFS including ftpfs and tarfs. The
ftpfs allows you to work on FTP sites while the tarfs gives
you access inside .tar files.
</para>
<note>
<title>NOTE</title>
<para>
The .tar file is the standard UNIX archive format
</para>
</note>
<ITEMIZEDLIST MARK="bullet">
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>VFS Timeout</guilabel> - This will
determine how long you will be connected to any VFS without
activity. The timeout is measured in seconds.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>Anonymous FTP password</guilabel> - This allows
you to set a password for logging into anonymous FTP
sites. Usually you will want to make this your email
address.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>Always use FTP proxy</guilabel> - If you need to
use a proxy to connect to FTP sites you will want to enable
this.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="gmcprefs-cache">
<title>Caching</title>
<figure>
<title>Caching Preferences</title>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Caching Preferences</screeninfo>
<graphic Format="gif" Fileref="./figs/gmcprops4" srccredit="dcm">
</graphic>
</screenshot>
</figure>
<ITEMIZEDLIST MARK="bullet">
<listitem>
<para>
This tab allows you to
configure items that will enhance the speed of GMC by using
caching.
</para>
<ITEMIZEDLIST MARK="bullet">
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>Fast directory reload</guilabel> - This
option will store directory information in cache so that it
can load faster.
</para>
<important>
<title>IMPORTANT</title>
<para>
If you enable the <guilabel>Fast directory
reload</guilabel> you may experience problems with not
seeing new files that have been added to directories.
</para>
</important>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>Compute totals before copying files</guilabel> -
This will make GMC determine the number of files you are
copying before it performs the task so that it can give you
information about the process as its happening.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>FTP directory cache timeout</guilabel> - This
option will keep recently visited FTP site information in
cache for the amount of time you specify. The time is
measured in seconds.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>Allow customization of icons in icon
view</guilabel> - This will allow you to change the icons
in the icon view by right mouse clicking on them and
selecting the <guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem> menu
item. You can always change the icons of items that are on
your desktop but you can only change the icons in the icon
view with this option turned on.
</para>
<important>
<title>IMPORTANT</title>
<para>
Turning on the <guilabel>Allow customization of icons in
icon view</guilabel> function may result in a slower
system.
</para>
</important>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Custom View</title>
<para>
<indexterm>
<primary>
GNOME File Manager
</primary>
<secondary>
Custom View
</secondary>
</indexterm>
The Custom View dialog allows you to set the way you would like
the Custom View to look in the GNOME File Manager.
</para>
<figure>
<title>The Custom View Dialog</title>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>The Custom View Dialog</screeninfo>
<Graphic Format="gif" Fileref="./figs/custom-view" srccredit="dcm">
</graphic>
</screenshot>
</figure>
<para>
There are two main columns in the <guilabel>Custom
View</guilabel>, the <guilabel>Possible Columns</guilabel> and
the <guilabel>Displayed Columns</guilabel>.
</para>
<para>
The <guilabel>Possible Columns</guilabel> list includes all of
the information types that can be displayed. If you would like to
include on you may press the <guibutton>Add</guibutton> button
and it will be added to the <guilabel>Displayed
Columns</guilabel> list.
</para>
<para>
The <guilabel>Displayed Columns</guilabel> list shows you the
current information types that will be included in your Custom
View. If you wish to remove any you may press the
<guibutton>Remove</guibutton> button.
</para>
<para>
If you would like to re-arrange the items in the
<guilabel>Displayed Columns</guilabel> list you may drag them to
the desired location with your mouse.
</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="gmcmenus" >
<title>Menu Guide to the GNOME File Manager</title>
<para>
<indexterm>
<primary>
GNOME File Manager
</primary>
<secondary>
menus
</secondary>
</indexterm>
In this section each menu item in the GNOME File Manager will be
described.
</para>
<tip>
<title>Tip</title>
<para>
All menus in the GNOME File Manager are enabled with the
tear-away feature. If you would like any menu to "float" on the
desktop in its own window simply select the perforation line at
the top of the menu.
</para>
</tip>
<ITEMIZEDLIST MARK="bullet">
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenu>File</guimenu> - The File Menu contains items
associated with files and higher level activity.
</para>
<ITEMIZEDLIST MARK="bullet">
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>New Window</guimenuitem> - This will open a new
File Manager Window.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Open</guimenuitem> - This will open the file you
have selected with your mouse cursor.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem> - This will launch the Copy
dialog to enable you to copy the selected file to a
destination you choose.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Move</guimenuitem> - This will launch the
Move/rename dialog to enable you to move or rename the
selected file to a destination you choose.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem> - This will delete the file
you have selected.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Close</guimenuitem> - This will close the GNOME
File Manager
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<ITEMIZEDLIST MARK="bullet">
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu> - The Edit menu contains items that are
associated with editing and selecting files.
</para>
<ITEMIZEDLIST MARK="bullet">
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Select All</guimenuitem> - This will select all
of the files in the directory you are currently in in the
GNOME File Manager.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Select Files</guimenuitem> - This will launch a
simple dialog box which will allow you to specify a file
selection range. For Example, if you wish to select all files
beginning with the letter D you can simple type d* and press
OK.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Invert Selection</guimenuitem> - This will invert
the current selection. For example, if you have 7 files
selected in a directory with 10 files, selecting Invert
Selection will select the three remaining files and unselect
the 7 files that were previously selected.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Rescan Directory</guimenuitem> - This will rescan
the current directory in case the files in the directory have
changed.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem> - This will launch the
Preferences dialog so that you can customize the GNOME File
Manager.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<ITEMIZEDLIST MARK="bullet">
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenu>Layout</guimenu> - This menu contains items that are
associated with the layout in GNOME File Manager.
</para>
<ITEMIZEDLIST MARK="bullet">
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Sort By</guimenuitem> - This will launch a
dialog box which will allow you to select how you wish the
files to be sorted in the current directory. You may sort by
one of the following:
</para>
<ITEMIZEDLIST mark="none">
<listitem>
<para>Name</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>File Type</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Size</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Time Last Accessed</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Time Last Modified</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Time Last Changed</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Filter View</guimenuitem> - This will bring up a
simple dialog which allows you to only view files with
certain attributes. For example, if you wish to only view
files in the directory that start with the letter D you can
type d* into the dialog and press OK. If you wish to see all
files again you will need to launch the Filter View dialog
again and clear the dialog or type in a *.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Icon View</guimenuitem> - Selecting this will
display the files in the main view as large icons.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Partial View</guimenuitem> - Selecting this will
display the files in the main view as a list with only file
names.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Full View</guimenuitem> - Selecting this will
display the files in the main view as a list with all file
information.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Custom View</guimenuitem> -
The <guimenuitem>Custom View</guimenuitem> mane item switches
your view to the Custom View which is a list view displaying
the information about your files that you specify.
To customize the Custom view you will need to use the
<guilabel>Custom View Editor</guilabel> in the
<guilabel>Preferences</guilabel> dialog. You may read more
about the <guilabel>Preferences</guilabel> dialog in <xref
linkend="gmcprefs">.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<ITEMIZEDLIST MARK="bullet">
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenu>Commands</guimenu> - The Command menu contains items
that are commands to run on files in the GNOME File Manager.
</para>
<ITEMIZEDLIST MARK="bullet">
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Find File</guimenuitem> - Find File brings up a
dialog which allows you to search for particular files on
your system.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Edit mime types</guimenuitem> - This option will
launch the GNOME Control Center Capplet that allows you to
edit Mime Types for GNOME. Mime types determine, among other
things, what application will handle particular file
types. You can read more about mime types in <xref
linkend="gccmime">
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Run Command</guimenuitem> - This menu item
allows you to run a command from GMC.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Run Command in panel</guimenuitem> - This menu
item lets you run preloaded commands or commands you specify
within the directory that you are currently in. Such commands
might be to find SUID or SGID programs, etc.
</para>
</listitem>
<!-- <listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Active VFS list</guimenuitem> - The Virtual File
System allows you to manipulate files that are not located on
your local file system.
</para>
<para> There are different version of the VFS including ftpfs
and tarfs. The ftpfs allows you to work on FTP sites while
the tarfs gives you access inside .tar files. These can both
be very useful in your work environment and the Active VFS
list allows you to see which VFS's are currently open. When
you select the <guimenuitem>Active VFS</guimenuitem> menu
item you get a list of the current VFSs you have opened.
</para>
<para> There is also an option to change to a different VFS by
pressing the <guibutton>Change To</guibutton> button.
</para>
</listitem> -->
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Exit</guimenuitem> - This will allow you to exit
out of the GNOME File Manager.
</para>
<important>
<title>IMPORTANT</title>
<para>
This will exit all GNOME File Manager processes which
include the GNOME Desktop. If you exit you will lose all
functionality on your desktop. This option is not
recommended.
</para>
</important>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="dragtour">
<title>A Drag and Drop Tour of GNOME</title>
<para>
<indexterm>
<primary>
GNOME
</primary>
<secondary>
Drag and Drop
</secondary>
</indexterm>
There are many tips and tricks to the Desktop in GNOME. The Drag
and Drop functionality extends to many areas of GNOME making it
easy to interconnect GNOME in many interesting ways. Below is a
series of tips and tricks to using GNOME Drag and Drop. This is a
good tour of GNOME and will show you how to utilize GNOME to its
fullest extent.
</para>
<ITEMIZEDLIST MARK="bullet">
<listitem>
<para>
Drag a Color onto the Panel - Whenever you have a color selector
displayed you may drag a color from the selected color bar to
the Panel and it will change the Panel to that color.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Drag a Pixmap to the Background Selector - If you would like to
change the background to an image, you can drag that image from
your GNOME File Manager to the Monitor Image in the Background
Capplet of the Control Center and it will change to that image.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Drag to an Application - Many GNOME compliant applications will
accept drag and drop. If you would like to open a file in
Gnumeric, a GNOME compliant spreadsheet application, you may
simply drag the file from the GNOME File Manager onto Gnumeric
and it will open the file. The same is true for applications
built using Motif. You may drag a saved URL onto Netscape 4x
and it will open the URL. This can be very useful if you are
working within the GNOME File Manager and wish to quickly open a
file.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Adding an Application Launcher to the Panel - If you would like
to add an application launcher to the Panel you may drag and
drop any executable file from the GNOME File Manager, or the
Desktop, onto the Panel. This will display the Create Launcher
applet dialog box which will allow you to select a name and an
icon for that launcher.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Dragging Files - There are many ways to use drag and drop to
help you manage your system. You can open two GNOME File Manager
windows to two different directories then drag files between the
two windows to copy, move, or link files. You can drag files
from the File Manager to the desktop to make it more
accessible. Use the middle mouse button or the right and left
mouse buttons together and Drag a directory folder to the
desktop. Choose the link option from the pop-up menu to make a
link to the desktop. This will give you a quick way to launch
the File Manager to that directory.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Dragging Directories - You can drag a directory out of the GNOME
File Manger and place it on the Panel. This will create a new
menu which allows you easy access to the files in that
directory.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
You may drag any sub menu from the Main Menu to the panel and a
new menu launcher is added to the panel. This allows easier
access to that sub-set of menus.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect1>
</chapter>
</book>
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