Re: MATE hidden files question

[ToddAndMargo]

On 2/16/25 8:42 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM ToddAndMargo via users
>  wrote:
> > I created a qemu-kvm virtual machine from
> >      Fedora-MATE_Compiz-Live-x86_64-39-1.5.iso
> > so I could run Lotus Approach, which I wrote
> > my accounting software in 30 years ago, in
> > Win 9.1.
> >
> > Wine 10.x does not run Approach properly.  Wine
> > is always two steps forward and three step
> > backward.
> >
> > Anyway, MATE won't let me see hidden files
> > with a lot of File Open on various software,
> > such as Leafpad.  I have to open a command shell
> > and cd into the hidden directory to start the
> > program.  It is ANNOYING.
> >
> > How do I tell MATE I was to always see hidden files?
>
> Let me Google that for you:
> https://www.google.com/search?q=MATE+File+Open+show+hidden+files.
>
> Jeff

Hi Jeff,

That works in Caja, which I already did, but
not in Leafpad or gedit.

I uses search.brave.com and did not come up with
an answer either.

Thank you for the link anyway.

-T