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Confirming! Hmm! I hoped that there aren't no more bugs!
Please fix this!

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Definitely a "+1" from me on this request. Would be great! :)

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SHARE VIA EMAIL is still not working! I just want to send tree pictures made my camera, after renaming and resizeing them. I opened Filebox and I selected them but when I choose send via email NOTHING happened.
I think I will return to the default file manager. I never had suck of problems with it!
Maybe you will fix this sometimes.

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One more thing. Multiselection is very buggy with this latest version.
Select one file then longpress on it for the pop-up. The pop up with options is not opening always.
One step forward two steps back! :( :( :(

Re: [ANNOUNCE] FileBox - File manager with root access and more
 

I confirm that to me the same thing happens

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In fact this happens if there are just a few files inside a folder and there is at least one empty line. Holding over any of the empty lines exits Filebox.
However if the folder is empty the above behavior doesn't happen.

In my system i noticed that if the name of the file to send via bluetooth has spaces (for instance "new test.txt") the share option doesn't work. If i rename that file to newtest.txt it works.
So perhaps this is the same problem when trying to send by email multiple files and at least one of the files name has spaces.


I tried but wasn't able to reproduce this problem with multiselection. In what specific situations it happens?
Note that the file must be previously selected for the context menu to open. I think this is an intentional behavior.

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Hi

Awesome app..thx so much for making it.

I have one request. would it be possible to add a "virtual" 2nd panel (like in total commander for wince, or activefile manager for Symbian etc..) which would make filebox a dual pane file manager..that is you can select some files in the main pane..press a button/key to switch to the second pane (each pane takes the whole screen and appears seperatly) and then do your file manipulations (copy, cut, paste etc..)

what do you think?

thx again

Zeltak

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Sure! But firrst select the file then on the second touch the pop-up should appear. Unfortunately is not shown every time!

Re: [ANNOUNCE] FileBox - File manager with root access and more
 

New update in extras-devels:

- Fixed crashes when try to open popup menu in blank list
- Fixed share files with space in name.
- Added autoselect file when added to clipboard
- Added "open terminal here"
- Added fullscreen mode

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Are great!

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Hey men. Great app. It's now my default file manager. Now I don't know if this has been mentioned but is there a way to move items instead of having to copy and paste? I couldn't find anyway to do this and it was a pain having to copy and paste and then go back to the previous folder to delete the other one. Thanks.

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CTRL+X & CTRL+V

Or then use the scissor icon when pasting via clipboard -window.

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Great work again CepiPerez. Fast and effective ;)

After testing this new version in my system:

- Fixed crashes when try to open popup menu in blank list - OK fixed
- Fixed share files with space in name. - OK fixed
- Added autoselect file when added to clipboard - works OK - nice new feature
- Added "open terminal here" - works OK - nice new feature
- Added fullscreen mode - works OK - nice new feature

Almost perfect. In my opinion it just needs a little addition: cut and paste in the context menu with the same functionality as CTRL-X and CTRL-V.

Thanks

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I still regard being had to the problem of being in portrait mode and when I choose an option and open the window, gets back in landscape mode, the N900 is still upright.

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I don't want to disapoin you but Share via email is not working with all the files. I renamed a pictures made with my camera in "Radu Sebastian Capitanu, Vascar Dacia, Iasi, Nescafe.jpg" then I resized the image to 50% and save it over the default image. Then i opened filebox, selected the picture and choose share via email.
The email app opens but it doesn't have any file attached!

I tried with the default camera pictures(those who wasn't renamed) and it works.
I think you miss something with this feature. Please take a closer look. Maybe renaming a picture like I did help you to find the problem!
Thanks!

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My guess is that the comas "," aren't yet supported. Try it without the comas to see if it works.

I tried to send via bluetooth a file with the same name but without comas and it worked.

Re: [ANNOUNCE] FileBox - File manager with root access and more
 

I puted the comas in the post! The filename is that inside the comas! And is not working! Try for yourself please!

Re: [ANNOUNCE] FileBox - File manager with root access and more
 

New version of Filebox (0.5-7) in extras-devel.

CepiPerez please post changes log.

Thanks

Re: [ANNOUNCE] FileBox - File manager with root access and more
 

Some updates:

version 0.5-7:
- Support for commas in files for sharing

version 0.5-6:
- Fixes in dependencies
- Check if zip/unzip/unrar are installed
- Updated languages: English, Finnish, French, Spanish, Arabic

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I don't know if i understood everything but this is what i did:

I created 4 files with the following names:
lasi.txt
Nescafe.txt
Radu Sebastian Capitanu.txt
Vascar Dacia.txt

then i selected all of them and sent to my email and also via bluetooth.

The files where all sent. No problem. :confused:

Then i renamed "Vascar Dacia.txt" to "Vascar, Dacia.txt" and sent this file via bluetooth. The file was sent but the name in the destination was changed to "Vascar_Dacia.txt"

With the standard FileManager the above behavior is the same and the file name is also changed.

This tests where done with the latest Filebox version 0.5-7

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tried extracting a rar file. shows 'extracting...' but does nothing. is it because the file is passworded?

Re: [ANNOUNCE] FileBox - File manager with root access and more
 

yes, there's no suppor for password yet (i forgot about that)
let me see if i can make it work

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Any possibility of making various gnome-fs drivers work? I can think of at least a few very useful ones:

* Bluetooth
* SCP
* FTP

Also, as someone already mentioned, a button to start XTerm in the currently displayed directory might be a good idea.

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Already done.
Goto the directory of you choice and press the right top icon. There is a option to "open terminal here"

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The "open terminal in current directory" feature works fine. However, I don't like that it opens a root console. I'm running FileBox without root access enabled.

My proposal: When the program is running as root, then also open the xterm as root. Otherwise, open it as normal user.

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me...again...
Autoselect in clipboard is not working as it should!
To reproduce: select a file then press Ctrl-c then browse in another folder and press Ctrl-v. On the first command the file is added to clipboard but on paste a message appear to select the file from clipboard.

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I know I asked this already, but can having the option to mark be made simpler by having an icon (like the one for settings). It's a pain having to constantly go through the menu to enable and disable marking.

Also, could there be an option to remember last folder path on exit?

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Yes, you are wright.
Autoselect doesn't work with CTRL-C. It only works selecting copy from the context menu.
Tested with Filebox 0.5-8

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Cepiperez... Only one thing ... you're great.
Amazing job :)

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Hi Sacal

any thoughts on my suggestion (http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...ostcount=167)?

would be interested to hear your thoughts

thx again for this truly incredible software

zeltak

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Hi Zeltak

I am just a user of filebox that tries to help the author - CepiPerez - testing the program and reporting back.

I do like filemanagers with two panes. I use them all the time in my desktops.
In my last N97 phone i have also used active file manger, indeed a very good two pane filemanager. However my favorite was xplore that worked very similar to filebox.
I think that the small screen size of the N900 implies that a permanent two pane filemanager must use small fonts to display the necessary information. As an example we have midnightcommander, a very powerful and complete filemanager.
There is also "case" a nice permanent two pane filemanger but with just basic functionality.

Imho the addition of a virtual 2nd pane to filebox would be welcome.
I have no idea how difficult it would be to code it. Perhaps CepiPerez may say something about it.

In the mean time you may try the bookmarks. They can work almost like virtual 2nd, 3rd ... panes.
Just bookmark the 1st and 2nd pane directories and then you can switch between them with just 2 touches.

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Quote... 2 panels would make FileBox the DEFITIVE file manager.
It's a lot faster to copy/move/paste files with two panels *w*

Re: [ANNOUNCE] FileBox - File manager with root access and more
 

Except that two panels won't fit to the N900 screen properly. Just check emelfm - it has got two barely usable panes all right.

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I didn't know elefm .. yes, infact it isn't much usable ... but case is a bit better .
By the way ... even a panel that disappears laterally... or, saying better ... two panels that alternate (one on left and one on right), and when you open one (tapping on some icon), the other automatically slide laterally, disappearing.

PS: excuse me for my disgusting english :(

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Not really better, just got fewer buttons. But, my guess is, you have not seen Midnight Commander either. It is a two-paneled Norton Commander clone and it is actually usable, as long as you are ok with tiny fonts.

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I know it ;) it's good .. but i don't appreciate a lot its graphic.. and ofter i've problem with the zoom ... zooming in and out causes some sorts of graphic bugs in the visualization .. :/
And the scrolling isn't the most comfortable thing of this world (it's a venture to stop the scrolling in the right place -.- ) ..

Then Filebox show image's preview (and this is a very useful thing when you fight with the icon packs)... and allows to select multiple files very quickly..
And at least... it's cooler :cool: :D

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I am getting more and more enthousiastic about filebox. So what I am writing is absolutely no critique on the program.

1: I only found out about longpress in this thread, while I have the N900 from december 2009!!! This proves the importance of a concise manual that can be consulted on a website or so.

2: threads about a popular application like this one soon grow unwieldy and difficult to search. Again a good reason to collect knowledge in one spot.

Paai

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What happened with the options of ordering? I only get "cending" and "down". What happens to sort by name, size, etc?

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Seams like new version of filebox 0.6-1 has all the requested sort functions.

Also cut and paste options in tools. I can't wait to test them :D

CepiPerez: thanks for this new version. ;)
Please post the change log.

Re: [ANNOUNCE] FileBox - File manager with root access and more
 

Latest changes:

Version 0.6-1:
- Added "Paste from clipboard" and "Cut from clipboard" to tools button
- Fixed clipboard shortcuts
- Re-added sort functions

Version 0.5-8:
- Support password protection decompressing rar and zip files


Please let me know if you find bugs.
If everything is Ok I'll promote the package to extras-testing