[Bug 62700] merge File Selector & File Tree functionality

[Andreas Koepfle]

On Friday 15 August 2003 13:32, Jens Dagerbo wrote:
> The File Selector (FS) and File Tree (FT) serve quite different purposes.
> FT is a way to interact with and browse the files of the current project.
> FS is a general purpose network transparent file browser utility.
>
> Deletion of project files should happen in the project manager, not in the
> file system, or the makefiles will get upset. I guess "remove from project
> / delete" could be safely added to FT, however.
>
> Anything else really missing from FT?

Well the detailed view of the file selector with size and date would be 
helpful.
At the moment working with the file system can easily get annoying:

Take a log file written by your programm:
you want to know the size of the log file  -> FileSelector
you want to look into it with an external tool/editor -> File Tree
you want to delete it -> File Selector

Or if you're looking for changes in your files:
you want to know which file you changed last -> File Selector
you want to commit the changes to CVS -> File Tree

I mean you are constantly switching between the 2 panels, because they have 
different subsets of actions you'd like to carry out with the filesystem.

And if the missing functionality gets implemented in File Tree, the result 
will almost be a clone of File Selector, limited to the current project dir.
So I thought merging the 2 would be a good idea helping usability. 
But if you prefer to enhance the File Tree project view and keep the File 
Selector for system wide browsing, that's perfectly ok for me :)

Gideon is really becoming a great product recently. 
Thanks a lot for this brilliant work.

Andreas