On 31/03/17 10:19, Rufus Laggren wrote: > Public bug reported: > > When dealing with 100k++ number of files it would GREATLY, HUGELY help > if one could build, on the fly, a list of "preferred dirs". When > activated (various ways possible) the "preferred dirs" feature would, > when a "preferred dir" existed in a group, automatically select dupes > (lines) within each group which did NOT contain the "preferred dir". > When the "preferred dirs" feature left more than "n" line(s) unselected > in a group (multiple files w/same "preferred dir", or multiple > "preferred dirs" in same group) those groups would (optionally, set in > preferences) be highlighted for easy identification for further > selections; alternatively, groups with n unselected lines or less (see > below), based on "preferred dirs", could be hidden or auto-collapsed > which would leave normal groups, or those w/too many unselected lines, > visible for normal editing. Thinking about it, the second options seems > cleaner, less "busy", an easier interface to work with. A group could > not be highlighted, hidden or collapsed unless it contained "preferred > dirs". > > There are probably other useful perversions of this idea possible but I > only can visualize the above at this point. The "n" number maybe could > be made part of processing each group and serve additional functions but > I have not tried to evaluate that, especially not knowing the logic flow > you use. > > The preferences setting could: > > 1) Enable/disable the feature. > > 2) Spec n where "number of unselected lines" > n either causes > highlighting, or disable hide/collapse for that group. Default n=1. > > 3) Select highlighting, hide/collapse, or "no special display" for > groups altered by this feature. > > Usage: On the fly, when working with a group, one could rt-click on the > _unselected_ line(s) and add the dir on that line to a "new preferred" > list; when satisfied, the "new preferred(s" would be posted to the > active "preferred dirs" list. (The rt-clk context menu could have the > top choice "add single dir" and the second choice "add multiple dirs" so > that the common(?) case where there is only one "preferred dir" would be > quick and easy.) The new items would be active immediately in the > current session. If no "preferred dirs had been defined yet for this > session or if a list had not been loaded, the "add dir" click would open > a "new list" dialog. Once defined or loaded for a session, that > "preferrred dirs" list would be used automatically for all succeeding > processing (dupe selection) until the "preferred dirs" context menu or > dialog was invoked again (by rt-clicking on an unselected line). Ideally > a config file containing this list and other options defined for this > session could be automatically associated with a saved search and > loaded, eg. from the "File" menu. > > It would be greatly helpful if the auto-selections would be immediately > applied. This instant clutter reduction would greatly speed and simply > subsequent selection process resulting in a huge time savings. > > Fslint is a fine, Fine tool. It's just that wading into gigabytes of > overgrown data directories, screwed up with multiple overlapping > restores or syncing runs over years, using slightly (or greatly) > differing directory structures is still a really, really bad job. In the > job I'm just completing (which inspired this post) there were 200k++ > files w/an average of 4 dupes; there were dozens in some cases but those > are special. Unfortunately the first/last choices just didn't work at > all for this job. > > A perversion of this filter which just occurred to me would be a "must > retain" list. It would need to be built from a gui by clicking high (or > low) on the directory tree, though - else the build for a new job would > probably be prohibitive for the user. > > Regards > > Rufus > (sorry if there is a better place to post suggestions - didn't see it right > off.) > > ** Affects: fslint (Ubuntu) > Importance: Undecided > Status: New > > > ** Tags: fslint wish >
This is already tracked upstream at: https://github.com/pixelb/fslint/issues/24 cheers, Pádraig -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1678262 Title: wish: config list of "preferred dirs" to control select To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fslint/+bug/1678262/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
