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edoc wrote:Is it possible to do a pfind search and then select all (or a group of) results and delete them?

The usual ctrl-arrow and shift-arrow method to select does not appear to work.

At the moment I am trying to delete Google-Chrome (actually anything with "google" in it from my Netwook with Fluppy 005 -- but I'd like to do the same on all of our computers.

Google-chrome does not show up in Package Manager or else I would have done this there (which would probably be a more-clean method).

In the 'List' menu, you can 'Execute command' on all items in list. 'rm [FILE]' should delete every item in search result. I chose not to include such a powerful command (delete all items in list) in the menu because of the possible disaster for an unlucky newbie.


Sigmund

I tried:

rm abiword
rm [FILE] (in case that was a wildcard)
rm

None worked.

What probably-obvious thing am I missing, please?

EDIT: OK, the other synapse just fired ... rm [abiword] /tmp/

because of the possible disaster for an unlucky newbie.

Or someone with a dodgy mouse... or just a laptop mousepad thing.

When I use Rox Filer right click option on a folder,
I see the option "Search with Pfind' which searchs
inside the folder.

My request is that Pfind instead launch immediately into the
'advanced' window rather than the opening window
and have the path to the folder filled in.

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Something has always irked me about Pfind
in the 'advanced window'.

In the search box it says 'Search text' but I am rarely searching
for text in a given file , so that is confusing.

Wouldn't it be better to make the default text in field
'Search' or 'Enter here' ???

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With regards to previous post...
I noticed that opening screen has an option
to search in folder, but it is not selected automatically
in the particular case I mentioned in the post.

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don570 wrote:Something has always irked me about Pfind
in the 'advanced window'.

In the search box it says 'Search text' but I am rarely searching
for text in a given file , so that is confusing.

Wouldn't it be better to make the default text in field
'Search' or 'Enter here' ???

This is not Pfind, but Pfilesearch. I will add it to the todo list

don570 wrote:With regards to previous post...
I noticed that opening screen has an option
to search in folder, but it is not selected automatically
in the particular case I mentioned in the post.

Will fix


Sigmund

Version 4.21
See main post

changelog
- Bugfix: the -d switch doesn't auto-set radiobutton to 'current dir' (thanks to don570)
- Bugfix: Don't store radiobutton 'current dir' if true. Current path is not current at next start.
- Bugfix: Syntax error in LOC607, 608

Hi zigbert,

Is there a way to copy the file path that is returned or better yet to go to that path?

Thanks,
Jim

Just click "Selection-Show location"

disciple wrote:Just click "Selection-Show location"

Thanks, I knew that I was overlooking something very simple.

I've been using Fluppy 013 in French
and I found this bug . The button doesn't
resize to fit the label length.



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don570
The button-width is fixed to 100 pixels. I could of course increase it, but it seems that french uses a whole sentence to translate 'browse' ?


Sigmund

I don't understand the purpose of the button and the arrow next to it.

I click the button and I get some alias icons. Why do I need them?

You have a menu structure that is very well done so what do I do with
the aliases? And the arrow doesn't seem to do anything.

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I have a suggestion .. . An option to show the search results
in the following order... applications ( /usr/bin/ ), pet packages,
debian packages at the top of the list and trivia such as icons ,
wav files and .desktop files at the bottom. Every thing else is
put in the middle of the list.

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@Don570
the aliases are made in a temporay directory. It is so you can have all your search results in one place, instead of scattered around your hard drive.

@Zigbert
i've come across a problem with search results containing files with the same name but in different directories, for example searching for 'index.php' in a website download. If I select 'view with file manager' or 'open in text editor' only one of the files with a duplicate name will be shown.

A way around this would be to check if result already exist and add an appendix if so like (2).

I also have a request that the directory searched in is retained from one search to the next (even if opened from the Puppy menu).

Finally, keep up the good work, I enjoy using your software.

don570 wrote:I don't understand the purpose of ... the arrow next to it.

...
And the arrow doesn't seem to do anything.

The arrow filters the results (if you hover your mouse over it, you'll see a tooltip that says "Show only files in this category").
The first arrow button (on the "Total" results line) won't do anything unless you have already clicked one of the other arrow buttons.
A possible enhancement would be to make the arrow button inactive ("grayed out") when it is not applicable.

don570 wrote:I click the button and I get some alias icons. Why do I need them?

Maybe you don't need them. If not, then you don't need to click the icon. But some people find them very useful sometimes

darkcity wrote:i've come across a problem with search results containing files with the same name but in different directories, for example searching for 'index.php' in a website download. If I select 'view with file manager' or 'open in text editor' only one of the files with a duplicate name will be shown.

A way around this would be to check if result already exist and add an appendix if so like (2).

I have added this to the todo list. But it won't happen soon, as all my focus is at Pmusic 2 right now.

darkcity wrote:I also have a request that the directory searched in is retained from one search to the next (even if opened from the Puppy menu)

This is harder to meet with the existing structure of Pfind


Thank you for the feedback
Sigmund

disciple wrote:The arrow filters the results (if you hover your mouse over it, you'll see a tooltip that says "Show only files in this category").
The first arrow button (on the "Total" results line) won't do anything unless you have already clicked one of the other arrow buttons.
A possible enhancement would be to make the arrow button inactive ("grayed out") when it is not applicable

noted


Sigmund

Version 4.22
See main post

Changelog
- Disable arrow button for active filter (thanks to disciple)
- Bugfix: Detect macrolanguage (fr, en..) when lang contains utf or similar post info.
- Bugfix: Search fails after 'files not found'.

Darkcity
I have not fixed your issue, but still not forgotten. the workaround is so easy (open one by one, by clicking on file), that I didn't spend time on it this time.


Sigmund