On Saturday 02 March 2019 09:19:38 Felmon Davis wrote:

> On Sat, 2 Mar 2019, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Saturday 02 March 2019 08:52:12 Felmon Davis wrote:
> >> On Sat, 2 Mar 2019, Gene Heskett wrote:
> >>> xpdf is there but has no file open dialog so what good is that.
> >>
> >> it does. open it and do a right click for the dialog.
> >>
> >> fjd
> >
> > But it can't open anything in 
> > /usr/share/doc/linuxcnc. You can type
> > it into the path, and it reverts to 
> > /home/gene when you hit return
> > to get a file listing in that directory.  So 
> > AFAIAC it still does
> > not have a file open dialog.  Useless to 
> > me.
>
> that is strange. I am now looking at /usr/....
>
> at the top of the dialog there is a field called 'filter'; have you
> tried your hand at that?

> I wiped it out. Hitting return in the lower
> path entry line restores it in the filter field > too.

so did you enter your destination into the field dialog?

>
> what is 'AFAIAC'?

> As Far As I Am Concerned.

> Same rules to get that as are used to get 
> TANSTAAFL from "theres no such thing as > a free lunch". :)

the.rules are clear but the meaning is not always obvious AFAICT.


> Standard internet jargon in other words.
> f.


Cheers, Gene Heskett
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-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>


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