Howdy,

I will take a look at home.

Cheers chrys

Von meinem iPhone gesendet

> Am 10.04.2022 um 17:30 schrieb Linux for blind general discussion 
> <blinux-list@redhat.com>:
> 
> I did.
> 
> I put a # before the existing ones and have it set as follows
> 
> KEY_BACKSPACE=toggle hidden
> 
> It shows success for every other command but that one however. I'm not
> sure if it's a distro issue with Solus however though but once i'm back
> on my Arch box I can test it there though
> 
>> On Sun, Apr 10, 2022 at 05:22:41PM +0200, Linux for blind general discussion 
>> wrote:
>> Howdy,
>> 
>> Strange i don't see this here.  Here it shows/ hides the folder / files as 
>> expected.
>> 
>> Did you rebind your keys already to something?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>>> Am 10.04.2022 um 16:37 schrieb Linux for blind general discussion 
>>>> <blinux-list@redhat.com>:
>>> 
>>> I've got it saying toggle hidden, but none of the hidden files showed up
>>> even after setting it right.
>>> 
>>> I made a .test.txt fie in ~/Documents and hit toggle hidden, with no
>>> luck. The .test.txt doesn't show up nor do places like .config.
>>> 
>>> Is that a Solus issue? I'm only running into this as my one big issue
>>> with DragonFM. I unbound Backspace from history and put it on show
>>> hidden instead so I can ctrl+H for hidden toggle
>>> 
>>>> On Sun, Apr 10, 2022 at 03:40:23PM +0200, Linux for blind general 
>>>> discussion wrote:
>>>> Howdy,
>>>> 
>>>> A small tip for figure sequences for shortcuts. You can set input=True in 
>>>> debug section of the settings file. Any keypress prints its escape 
>>>> sequence ( and if it triggers an action)  will then printed for a given 
>>>> amount of time in the first line on screen.
>>>> Its very noisy for you but just thought for debug and figure sequences. 
>>>> You can disable it then again.
>>>> 
>>>> By the way, i forgot to answer how to unbind an action: just comment the 
>>>> line in settings file out wit an # as first character per line. 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>>> Am 10.04.2022 um 14:57 schrieb Linux for blind general discussion 
>>>>>> <blinux-list@redhat.com>:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Howdy,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Well, you can try, but i don’t  think there is an escape sequence for 
>>>>> ctrl + backspace.  I don’t think there is any escape sequence for 
>>>>> modifier key + backspace  combination available.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have to say, this concept is an dinosaur that should be rethought in 
>>>>> the 21 century. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Cheers chrys
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Am 10.04.2022 um 14:29 schrieb Linux for blind general discussion 
>>>>>> <blinux-list@redhat.com>:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> So wouldd^and then backspace change that to ctrl+backspace change that
>>>>>> so control and backspace works for that and ctrl+h does hidden files or?
>>>>>> Or do I need to do something like '' to tell DragonFM that there's no
>>>>>> key bound for that function or do I just leave that blank? I can
>>>>>> probably find something to rebind it to but I'm thinking just unbindd
>>>>>> the backspace key?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Sun, Apr 10, 2022 at 02:15:55PM +0200, Linux for blind general 
>>>>>>>> discussion wrote:
>>>>>>> Howdy,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Well to explain what you see, you need to understand how shortcuts on 
>>>>>>> an command line application work.
>>>>>>> The commandline reads any input from STDIN. This is also valid for 
>>>>>>> shortcuts. The operating system translates some (not all, depending on 
>>>>>>> terminal capabilities) input to a sequence of ascii codes. This 
>>>>>>> sequences are sent to STDIN then.This series starts with an special 
>>>>>>> ascii character, the Escape code. This is why this sequences are named 
>>>>>>> escape sequences. How many escape sequences are „translated“ or 
>>>>>>> „understand“ depends on the used terminal standard (TTY uses as far as 
>>>>>>> i know VT100 standard, correct me if i m wrong, terminal emulators can 
>>>>>>> often emulate various kind of standards, depending on the emulator and 
>>>>>>> configuration).
>>>>>>> The issue you see here is the fact that some of the escape  sequences 
>>>>>>> do not have a printable representation. For this there are various 
>>>>>>> cases where printable sequences defined for the non printable 
>>>>>>> representation. Long thing short: in your case, Ctrl + h is the 
>>>>>>> printable ascii representation of backspace. So an command line 
>>>>>>> application can not mate a difference between ctrl + h and backspace at 
>>>>>>> all ( so its a limitation of the deeper level of terminal and operating 
>>>>>>> system, not an issue of dragonFM)
>>>>>>> You can see this in plain bash, vim or nano as well (and any oder 
>>>>>>> commandline application)l, type something, press ctrl + h, it behaves 
>>>>>>> like backspace and will delete the character left to the cursor.
>>>>>>> See here for a list of (some?) of those „duplicates“. 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSLTBW_2.4.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r4.bpxa400/ks1.htm
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> But like noted, this depends heavily on the Terminal.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Sorry my friend, there is not much i can do here.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> What can we do now?
>>>>>>> Well, all we can do is choosing what is more important for you and 
>>>>>>> rebind backspace „KEY_BACKSPACE“ (what is currently bound to leave 
>>>>>>> entry, wo moves to parent folder) to toggle hidden (and unbind or 
>>>>>>> rebind leave entry then ) or use another shortcut for hidden.
>>>>>>> See here in settings:
>>>>>>> KEY_BACKSPACE=leave_entry
>>>>>>> …
>>>>>>> ^[H=toggle_hidden
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Cheers chrys
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Am 10.04.2022 um 11:52 schrieb Linux for blind general discussion 
>>>>>>>>> <blinux-list@redhat.com>:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> So quick question Chrys...
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I'm trying to have history switched to ctrl+H on my copy of Dragonfm, 
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> line up more with how Nautilus/Caja does it. However that shortcut 
>>>>>>>> seems
>>>>>>>> hardcoded in with no way to change it in the config file. I'm trying to
>>>>>>>> fix it since alt+H brings up a terminal's help menu and I'd like ctrl+H
>>>>>>>> to show/hide hidden files since that's a common enough shortcut on
>>>>>>>> desktop file managers so why not have it in DragonFM?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> So where do I need to look to switch the function of ctrl+H in the
>>>>>>>> program? Currently it brings up the location bar, page 1/2 and doesn't
>>>>>>>> show or hide hidden folders, instead going back one step despite not
>>>>>>>> being defined as such in the config settings
>>>>>>>> 
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