Hi All,
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?
Many thanks, -T
On Sun, Feb 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM ToddAndMargo via users users@lists.fedoraproject.org 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
On 2/16/25 8:42 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
On Sun, Feb 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM ToddAndMargo via users users@lists.fedoraproject.org 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
On Sun, 2025-02-16 at 21:54 -0800, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
That works in Caja, which I already did, but not in Leafpad or gedit.
Various applications let you right-click in the file lister that appear when you want to open a file, and select some options (like show hidden files). But I think it's going to depend on each application.
Run your app, e.g. gedit, click the open file button, and in the middle of the list of files that pops up, right-click.
And I just read some other advice to hit CTRL+H while the file lister is open to toggle hiding/showing hidden files. That also works for me.
It works in Pluma (well it does on this old PC I'm using), the simple text editor in Mate, and gedit. It works on Pluma on my Fedora 40 PC, but I don't have gedit installed to try, nor leafpad.
And when I close Pluma and restart it, the show hidden files option is still ticked (which surprised me). And other gnome/mate apps using the same kind of file lister window also have the show hidden files preselected, now.
On 2/17/25 3:32 AM, Tim via users wrote:
On Sun, 2025-02-16 at 21:54 -0800, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
That works in Caja, which I already did, but not in Leafpad or gedit.
Various applications let you right-click in the file lister that appear when you want to open a file, and select some options (like show hidden files). But I think it's going to depend on each application.
Run your app, e.g. gedit, click the open file button, and in the middle of the list of files that pops up, right-click.
And I just read some other advice to hit CTRL+H while the file lister is open to toggle hiding/showing hidden files. That also works for me.
It works in Pluma (well it does on this old PC I'm using), the simple text editor in Mate, and gedit. It works on Pluma on my Fedora 40 PC, but I don't have gedit installed to try, nor leafpad.
And when I close Pluma and restart it, the show hidden files option is still ticked (which surprised me). And other gnome/mate apps using the same kind of file lister window also have the show hidden files preselected, now.
Hi Tim,
<Ctrl><H> did the trick. Thank you!!!
-T
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