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Lee:
I just tried out Tiny Core 3.3rc3 (really microcore_3.3rc3 with corel ements, wbar and jwm).  I like it.

Fluff is excellent.
  I particularly like the "use sudo" button.
  The menu item "insert in trash" seems ripe for a name change.  Conceptually, sending something to the trash seems more like a "delete" operation than an "insert" operation.  How about "send to trash"?
  It might be nice to have a "view" menu item for scripts, as well as an "edit".

I liked mfm, too, and didn't really have time to give it a real shakedown.  Any chance of having that as an extension?

"editor" is great.  I've never had a good relationship with vi.
  "editor" seems to use C language syntax highlighting regardless of the file being edited.  If you edit, for instance, /etc/init.d/rc.shutdown, the entire bottom half of the file is colored green as if it were a comment because the script includes the slash-asterisk character pair.

Lee

roberts:

--- Quote from: Onyarian on November 17, 2010, 06:33:44 AM ---for convenience, is possible to change the order of the control panel buttons?,
since the floppydrive is vestigial in some computers and instead is more common mount and unmount devices, to:

Mount Tool
Floppy Tool
Mouse Tool
Wallpaper
System Stats

--- End quote ---
Then I would get complaints that it is not in sorted order and that some sort of search buttons function is needed.

roberts:

--- Quote from: Guy on November 17, 2010, 08:39:23 AM ---A very trivial thing.

I think Wallpaper would be better called Background.

It is not a wall, and it is not paper. It is a background image.

This also makes it consistent with /opt/backgrounds.

--- End quote ---
If named Background, then sort order would make mount tool not first see prior post.

Wallpaper or Background? Typically I see Desktop Background, as background typically has a different meaning.  And Wallpaper is shorter than Desktop Background.

FWIW: Viewing Wikipedia shows Windows, until Vista, used Wallpaper whereas Windows Vista now uses Desktop Background. And seems the way Windows goes so too does the Linux distributions. Current Ubuntu now uses Desktop Background.

Perahps I should just drop control panel. I don't see such in the latest Ubuntu, so is must mean it is not in Vista or beyond.

Have we entered silly season?

roberts:

--- Quote ---"editor" is great.  I've never had a good relationship with vi.
  "editor" seems to use C language syntax highlighting regardless of the file being edited.  If you edit, for instance, /etc/init.d/rc.shutdown, the entire bottom half of the file is colored green as if it were a comment because the script includes the slash-asterisk character pair.

--- End quote ---

I really think that a minimal editor, which I wanted, should not be trying to do C/C++ syntax highlighting. There are many programmer editors to choose from in the repository. Cutting such results in significant savings. C/C++ color synatx serves no purpose for which this function is intended, an aid for new users to easily edit basic configuration files.

roberts:

--- Quote ---The menu item "insert in trash" seems ripe for a name change.  Conceptually, sending something to the trash seems more like a "delete" operation than an "insert" operation.  How about "send to trash"?
  It might be nice to have a "view" menu item for scripts, as well as an "edit"
--- End quote ---

On point one, "insert" was used as that is the hotkey "Ins" used to send (insert) to trash.
Perhaps there another hotkey is available which is easily remembered.

On point two, simply edit your .fluff.conf to add more supported extension types and more associations in their respective sections. Later a GUI program will be made available for such.

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