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This is the all time dumbest feature i have ever seen in a file/desktop manager, instead of deleting files, picking delete from a right click menu merely moves them to ~/.local/share/Trash/files
I have tried linking ~/.local/share/Trash/files to /dev/null, but then when i try to delete a file xfce complains that it isnt a directory.
i suppose i could create a cron job, but there just has to be a way to turn this off. if i wanted to keep my trash, i'd still be using windows. i cant imagine that the developers are stupid enough to make this unchangeable.
http://wiki.xfce.org/faq#file_manager
Feel free to either add this to feature to XFCE (or rather Thunar) or change the DE, if it is too stupid for you.
http://wiki.xfce.org/faq#file_manager
Feel free to either add this to feature to XFCE (or rather Thunar) or change the DE, if it is too stupid for you.
Actually its just easier to go back to fluxbox. Its jsut idiotic not to give this kind of option to the user.
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Originally Posted by fogpipe
Its jsut idiotic not to give this kind of option to the user.
I have to agree on this one but use, and will continue to use, XFCE despite it.
Luckily for me I'm used to <Shift>+<Delete> from Windows so I've continued the habit.
In your /usr/share/Thunar/sendto dir and save it as thunar-oblivion.desktop. I have tested it a couple of times and it works. But be careful, i assume no responsibility for either use or misuse of this info. Anything you delete with this script will be GONE FOREVER. Adjust icon setting to your liking.
Actually its just easier to go back to fluxbox. Its jsut idiotic not to give this kind of option to the user.
The better way would be to give the developers feedback about what their users want, instead of calling them stupid or idiotic and simply leaving. They also gave a solution as simple as yours to the problem. So the user has this option, just not as a checkbox in the settings dialog.
So I don't understand where actually the problem is.
The better way would be to give the developers feedback about what their users want, instead of calling them stupid or idiotic and simply leaving. They also gave a solution as simple as yours to the problem. So the user has this option, just not as a checkbox in the settings dialog.
So I don't understand where actually the problem is.
Ok maybe stupid was the wrong word and in the interest of shortening the thread i wont elaborate. Im curious, what workaround did they recommend? From the posts i have read on the xfce forum, i get the impression that the topic has been somewhat heavily debated and that the developers like it the way it is and the subject is not up for discussion.
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