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Does PCManFM 0.9.x need a refresh button?

Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 3:12 am
by secipolla
Hello, the title is in the form of a question because I've been using PCManFM (now in version 0.9.7 in Debian) and I can see how fast it's been improving. Maybe people who ask for the old version don't use Debian or just didn't try the latest because it's been fast and working well (except that, if I remember well it was mounting removable devices fine but wouldn't unmount them, but this isn't the subject now and I didn't explore this much).
I noticed it kind of gripping a bit sometimes when creating or deleting things, I'm not sure how to reproduce it but it was solved by getting out of the folder and back in (like the 'refresh' function in the old one). So I was wondering if it would be useful to have again the refresh function (even if not in the form of a button, just a menu item) or if it's just a quirk that may be ironed out.
Also for me, using pcmanfm to manage the desktop with IceWM in antiX based with Sid repos, dragging from the desktop to the file manager window works fine but from the file manager to the desktop doesn't.

Just saying, no complaints. Even knowing nothing of programming I can feel that it has much less 'loose ends' than the first 0.9 versions. Anyway, I have LXDE in a Debian Sid and I'll test the drag'n'drop there to see if it has the same issue or not.

Re: Does PCManFM 0.9.x need a refresh button?

Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 10:11 pm
by mathiraj
I use pcmanfm all the time. Actually can't think of getting my work done with out pcmanfm.

Thank you pcman for the wonderful software. It's amazing.

But i too miss a "Refresh Button" on the toolbar. It would be a useful option to be able to refresh the directory contents (especially when working with lots of nfs exports)

thanks....