Karel Jansens
Active Member
I realize I´m quickly losing all remaining credit, but I have yet another problem.
The Thunar file manager has a trash can, which apparently everyone thinks is a Good Thing.
However...
The trash can files are located on the internal memory, which in my case is now less than 100MB. This means that almost everytime I try to delete a watched media file from my card, the system balks because there´s not enough room.
It would be fine if the system were to offer the option to permanently delete the file, but it just tries to delete until it can´t and then stops. To make things worse, it´s apparently not even possible to disable the trash can in Thunar (according to it´s faq), for which they unblushingly give as the reason that they want to protect the computer from stupid users (but who´s going to protect us from stupid, over-meddling developers, I wonder). In fact, the more I think about it, the stupider Thunar´s trash can gets: Who in their right minds would create an ´intelligent´ trash can and not account for the possibility of low available storage?
I don´t, I really don´t, want to use the console for deleting files; my media filenames are insanely complex and the tab key is made more difficult than it´s worth (who thought that up anyway? And WTF did I miss that in the discussions?!!).
So, will I need to install another file manager just to delete files permanently, or is there a way to easily invoke permanent deletion in Thunar that I have missed?
And just in case someone wants to be a smartie B) , creating a symlink for the trash files to a card would not be very smart either, as the card might not be there.
The Thunar file manager has a trash can, which apparently everyone thinks is a Good Thing.
However...
The trash can files are located on the internal memory, which in my case is now less than 100MB. This means that almost everytime I try to delete a watched media file from my card, the system balks because there´s not enough room.
It would be fine if the system were to offer the option to permanently delete the file, but it just tries to delete until it can´t and then stops. To make things worse, it´s apparently not even possible to disable the trash can in Thunar (according to it´s faq), for which they unblushingly give as the reason that they want to protect the computer from stupid users (but who´s going to protect us from stupid, over-meddling developers, I wonder). In fact, the more I think about it, the stupider Thunar´s trash can gets: Who in their right minds would create an ´intelligent´ trash can and not account for the possibility of low available storage?
I don´t, I really don´t, want to use the console for deleting files; my media filenames are insanely complex and the tab key is made more difficult than it´s worth (who thought that up anyway? And WTF did I miss that in the discussions?!!).
So, will I need to install another file manager just to delete files permanently, or is there a way to easily invoke permanent deletion in Thunar that I have missed?
And just in case someone wants to be a smartie B) , creating a symlink for the trash files to a card would not be very smart either, as the card might not be there.