3.6. The file list
This is just an editor window where the results of your search are displayed. You can cut and paste and type in this pane. You can also display a HTML file or edit a text file.
A right-mouse menu is defined in the file list. Besides the basic edition commands, we have the following entries:
- Change font
Useful to display command results with fixed pitch fonts for instance
- Display HTML file
Open (read only) a HTML file based on Qt's rendering engine.
- Open text file
Convenience usage of editor.
- Close file
Convenience usage of editor.
- Save file
Convenience usage of editor.
- Save file as
Convenience usage of editor.
- Find in pane
A complete textual search with case sensitivity, whole word and backward search options. Regexps are not supported.
- Run command
This is to run a shell command from within XLocate. XLocate will wait for the command's termination and display its results in the file list.
The text previously selected in the file list (i.e. typically a file path and name) will be kept in the run command's text entry box..
- Start application
XLocate will not wait for the termination of the command nor display any results. This is appropriate to launch an application.
The text previously selected in the file list (i.e. typically a file path and name) will be kept in the run command's text entry box..