File List

Depending on the setting of the show/hide hidden files flag, hidden files (those beginning with '.') are either shown or not.

File List Menu Functions

The functions are:

Spawn

starts another fileBrowser on the current directory, or in the selected directory.

Get contents

same as double click; shows the contents of the currently selected file in the contents view.

Insert contents

inserts the contents of the currently selected file into the contents view at the current text cursor position.

FileIn

loads the selected file(s) into the system. If the selected file is a Smalltalk source file, it must contain valid Smalltalk expressions in fileOut-format (chunk file format).

If the file is a dll containing a compiled Smalltalk class library, all of its containing classed are loaded after any prerequisite packages (as specified in the package's ProjectDefinition class) have been loaded.

New Directory...

create a new (empty) directory.

New File...

create a new (empty) file.

New Hard Link...

create a hard link (unix only).

New Symbolic Link...

create a symbolic (soft) link.

Remove...

remove the currently selected file(s) and/or directory(s). A dialog will ask for confirmation.

Rename...

rename the selected file(s) or directory(s). A dialog will ask for the new name.

Tools - OS Command... (Shell/DOS Command...)

allows execution of any unix(dos) command; a popup box allows input of the command. The output of the command is inserted in the contents view at the cursor position.

Tools - Changes Browser

opens a change browser on the selected (smalltalk-source-) file.
Notice, that the file-format for changeFiles, st-sourceCode and visualWorks parcel source files (pst-files) is the same and understood by the changesBrowser.

Update

reread the directory and update the file list.

This function is normally not needed, since the fileBrowser checks for modifications of the current directory in regular intervals, updating the list automatically. However, a manual update may be needed in certain situations (for example, if the time/dates are out of sync between NFS hosts) or if you do not want to wait for the next automatic update.