It is indeed known that Pharo cannot open files larger than 4GB (even that after you setup the VM specifically). It seems like Pharo bug
1. FileReference>>gtInspectorItemsIn: composite ... column: 'Size' evaluated: [:each | each humanReadableSize] width: 100; ... 2. FileReference>>humanReadableSize ^ self size humanReadableSIByteSize 3. MessageNotUnderstood: False>>humanReadableSIByteSize because "self size" returns false for files > 4GB so it fails and thus I cannot navigate to folders with such files (for example my home directory).
http://www.humane-assessment.com/blog/creating-custom-browsers-out-of-inspec... Thank you that looks interesting, however I would still have to add somehow "favorite folders"
Let's start from use cases. What do you need to achieve? For example I want to export a picture from Roassal and want to save it somewhere. So I would expect a reasonable file save dialog to open so I can choose a place to store it in and not a bare text input.
The same would go for opening... I want to open some file so I would open file dialog, click on a favorite folder then the file and done... not crawl hundred places. I mean this is nothing unusual, every https://help.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.2/figures/file-save-dialog.png.e... operating https://msdn.microsoft.com/dynimg/IC394766.png system http://www.productivityorchard.com/wp-content/uploads/File-Save-Dialog.png can do it and it is very handy. Peter On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 10:09 PM, Tudor Girba <tudor@tudorgirba.com> wrote:
Hi,
On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 7:49 PM, Peter Uhnák <i.uhnak@gmail.com> wrote:
I checked out the file browser GT Inspector (I hope that is what you were referring to), unfortunately it's crashing a lot for me (it seems it can't figure out file size for large files (~4GB) and some other stuff (sockets?)).
What do you mean by a lot? Could you detail the crashing scenarios? It is indeed known that Pharo cannot open files larger than 4GB (even that after you setup the VM specifically).
However I don't know if Glamour is planning to turn it into full file browser or just keep for quick inspection (especially considering that most people apparently don't really need such thing).
Glamour is not the same as GT. Glamour is an engine for building browsers. GT is the IDE that is built on top of Glamour. The interesting thing with Glamour is that it allows you to build your own browser succinctly. Take a look here:
http://www.humane-assessment.com/blog/creating-custom-browsers-out-of-inspec...
At least to me it seems that right now enhancing the FileBrowser would be simpler.
But thank you for the responses, I'll try to play with it a bit and
perhaps something good will come out of it.
Let's start from use cases. What do you need to achieve?
Cheers, Doru
Peter
On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 4:41 PM, phil@highoctane.be <phil@highoctane.be> wrote:
On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 3:55 PM, Peter Uhnák <i.uhnak@gmail.com> wrote:
Is anyone actually using FileBrowser? Because either no one does or I doing something wrong.
My problem is that it is very uncomfortable to navigate filesystem. There is no way to quickly navigate to common folders (like roots of system drives and home directory). Also hidden files/folders are shown by default which means there is always hundred folders. I would love to have these things streamlined, ideally with the option to add custom shortcuts (see picture)... so much for opening files.
As far as saving goes the only way I found to actually save file is to manually type the full path without the option to choose a folder through GUI. But since this is the way the "Save image as..." works it leads me to believe that no one is actually using it regularly, because outside of saving a file to same folder as image such behavior seems useless.
So is this something that has been considered or no one really needs this?
I do use the FileBrowser but it is indeed in need of serious love. But on Linux, I am on Midnight Commander, and there is nothing to the beat it.
Most of the time, I use the FileBrowser to deal with my project files which are in the image directory or subfolders. But there are quite a number of hooks (for files and directories) in the tool so one can extend it in a couple hours.
It is worth a try.
Phil
Thanks, Peter
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