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Topic: emelfn 5f bug ... again

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regsx

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Joined: July 2004

Posted: July 30 2004,19:22

this is hardly a major bug ...

the viewer for emelfm is now set to scite %f

emelfm requires the %f parameter when you setup a button
it does not require the %f parameter for the viewer
in fact, it will pass the %f as a parameter

for example, if you set it to scite %f and double-click a file called readme.txt
it will work as if you had typed scite %f readme.txt
which works ok, because scite ignores the %f

if you set the viewer to beaver %f
it's as if you typed beaver %f readme.txt
which will open a tab for the file named "%f"
and another tab for a file named "readme.txt"

the reason it seems ok now
is because you changed beaver to scite
not because you changed 5f to %f

the thing is ...
in a button or user menu item you need a parameter like %f or %d
for the viewer, you need only the program name with no parameters
iit seems to work that way, anyway

roberts

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Posted: July 30 2004,19:40

Actually it has been that way for many many releases. The "beav" actually exposed it. But, as you say, it doesn't harm anything and is ignored by Scite. Obviously, I am not a GUI user, it took me a long time to even find the View button. I guess if we are down to this type of subtle "bugs" then we are doing pretty good. Thanks for such detailed inspection and report. I have removed the %f in the view section, so the next release won't "bug" you.

clivesay

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Posted: July 30 2004,19:54

You are right Robert, we are down to the details. That is why when I hear people talking about doing things like moving to Knoppix 3.4, I think there is a lot to be said for having a stable OS as opposed to the latest and greatest. I prefer you and John spend your time coming up with great new ideas!!

Take care

Chris