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selecting multiple files for copy/cut/delete

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JdGordon:
gulak, I do understand the sentiment a bit, and if you have done this patch as a plugin then it is probably accurate here, but in general there is no way a feature will get in unless *someone* puts in the effort and either hits up IRC or the tracker (both usually).

multi select is something which everyone wants but implementing it properly isnt easy. It pretty much has to be done inside the standard list code so it can be usable just about everywhere. It doesnt make sense to put this sort of thing anywhere else (especially a plugin)

gulak:

--- Quote from: Llorean on April 19, 2010, 03:16:52 PM ---This is an extremely negative attitude.

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This isn't an attitude. It's a fact. What [St.] stated there is just wishful thinking. It isn't possible with only a handful of active Rockbox developers.


--- Quote from: Llorean on April 19, 2010, 03:16:52 PM ---If you receive many comments of "please read the coding guidelines"

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There's someting wrong, when someone gets more than one of such a comment...


--- Quote from: Llorean on April 19, 2010, 03:16:52 PM ---maybe you should consider that they're taken seriously and attempt to meet them.

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Reformatting a well formatted code is a waste of time, although it's maybe a question of some minutes or even seconds. Some of the guidelines are really questionable.


--- Quote from: saratoga on April 19, 2010, 03:52:04 PM ---Have you even looked at the patch tracker?  Theres literally several thousand counter examples. 

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The counter doesn't tell how much comments a patch has. When the same guy who opens the patch posts 10 updates/resyncs, the counter of comments is 10. The number of real comments is still zero.

Again, it's not a critic on you or anyone involved in the Rockbox development. You're guys are doing good work. I see it as a result of the limited resource.


--- Quote from: JdGordon on April 19, 2010, 10:04:02 PM ---multi select is something which everyone wants but implementing it properly isnt easy. It pretty much has to be done inside the standard list code so it can be usable just about everywhere. It doesnt make sense to put this sort of thing anywhere else (especially a plugin)

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Maybe one day you'll find a good solution. Good luck!
Just remember the filetree is a tree and it doesn't have much in common with a list.
 

Llorean:

--- Quote ---Reformatting a well formatted code is a waste of time, although it's maybe a question of some minutes or even seconds. Some of the guidelines are really questionable.
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Surely you understand that "well formatted" is subjective. Rockbox isn't your project, and it's got established code guidelines - if you don't want to submit code you don't have to. But you can't really say "here's my code, but you have to accept it on my unacceptable terms" then blame the project for not meeting your external conditions.

If you want your code to be accepted, meet the requirements.

If you think the guidelines are bad, bring up a discussion of it, but don't blame them if you choose not to meet them and then don't get your code accepted when you know that they're a requirement for code acceptance.

safetydan:
I can see multiselect being feasible within a single list view, but across list views I'm not so sure. So would a limited multiselect be acceptable? That is, you could only multiselect within the same folder. Once you navigated away, you would lose your selection.

JdGordon:
I can't see it working any other way, so yeah, only allowing selection in one folder/view makes sense.

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