Haha, what are the odds?
]]>If I keep finding these annoying little bugs . . .
gnome2 was buggy out of the gate so no surprise . . .
]]>Not to be ungrateful (MATE is both libre and gratis, after all), but you'd think that toggling hidden files and mounting run-of-the-mill Android phones are things that file managers should be able to do out-of-the-box these days, without nasty surprises.
]]>This behavior bothers me enough that for the time being I've remapped control+h to run this script of mine:
#!/bin/sh
current_state=$(gsettings get org.mate.caja.preferences show-hidden-files)
if [ "$current_state" = "false" ]; then
gsettings set org.mate.caja.preferences show-hidden-files true # to show regular user's hidden files
sudo gsettings set org.mate.caja.preferences show-hidden-files true # to show root user's hidden files
else
gsettings set org.mate.caja.preferences show-hidden-files false
sudo gsettings set org.mate.caja.preferences show-hidden-files false
fi
Here's a prettier version that puts an icon in the taskbar while hidden files/folders are visible (requires yad to be installed):
#!/bin/sh
icon=/path/to/your/icon.png
current_state=$(gsettings get org.mate.caja.preferences show-hidden-files)
if [ "$current_state" = "false" ]; then
gsettings set org.mate.caja.preferences show-hidden-files true # to show regular user's hidden files
sudo gsettings set org.mate.caja.preferences show-hidden-files true # to show root user's hidden files
yad --notification --image=$icon --text="Showing hidden files" --no-middle &
else
gsettings set org.mate.caja.preferences show-hidden-files false
sudo gsettings set org.mate.caja.preferences show-hidden-files false
pkill -f "Showing hidden files"
fi
It's a workaround and not a fix, of course, but I want the unexpected teleports to other filesystem locations to stop right away. Hopefully a caja expert will come along and offer us a proper fix.
]]>Expected behavior when I press control + h in the file manager is to toggle visibility of hidden files and directories in the directory I'm in, not to take me to another directory (/proc, /, or anywhere else).
When you press control + h caja takes you to file systems? That's unexpected behavior, similar to what I'm experiencing.
]]>I have absolutely no idea how to begin troubleshooting this. Any ideas? I hope one of you guys can help, as I don't think a MATE-specific forum exists anymore (notice the forums listed here: https://mate-desktop.org/community/).
Details:
Devuan ASCII
MATE version 1.16.2
Caja version 1.16.6-1+deb9u1
P.S. I also asked in the debian forum (for more eyeballs). The post is here: http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php? … 46&start=0
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