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1<chapter><title>File Manager</title>
2<para>
3The file manager allows easy access to your file system, letting you browse,
4copy, move, delete and link files. You can also use it to open the file in an
5application based upon the file type, or add the file to your "Documents" tab,
6as well as several other filesystem related things.
7<para>
8
9<section><title>Navigating</title>
10<para>
11To enter a directory, simply press its icon or name in the main view. There are
12also two buttons in the toolbar which help with navigation. The back arrow will
13take you back to the directory you were previously looking at, while the up
14arrow will take you up one level in the directory structure (so, if you are in
15/usr/bin, it will take you to /usr, regardless of where you were before). The
16"Dir" menu shows the current path, with each directory as a menu item. So, if
17you are in /opt/QtPalmtop/bin there will be four entries: /, opt, QtPalmtop, and
18
19bin. Selecting one of these will take you immediately to that directory.
20</para>
21</section>
22
23<section><title>Selecting Files</title>
24<para>
25When you click on a file, its selection status is toggled. So the first time you
26click on it, it will be selected, and the second time it will be deselected. To
27select multiple files, simply click on each one you want to select.
28</para>
29</section>
30<section><title>Moving Files</title>
31<para>
32To copy a file from one directory to another, press and hold on the filename,
33and select "Copy" from the menu that pops up. Then, change into the directory
34that you want to copy it into, and press the "paste" icon (an image of a
35clipboard and a piece of paper). To move a file, do the same thing, except
36select "Cut" from the first menu, instead of "Copy". You can also move or
37copy multiple files by selecting all of them and using the cut or copy buttons
38in the toolbar.
39</para>
40</section>
41
42<section><title>Deleting Files</title>
43<para>
44To delete a file, press and hold it to bring up its menu, then select
45"Delete", and click "Yes" (or "No" to cancel). Delete will delete all the
46currently selected files, which may be more than the one that you pressed and
47held on.
48</para>
49</section>
50
51<section><title>Renaming Files</title>
52<para>
53To change a file's name, first bring up the input method you want to use (unless
54you are going to use the hardware keyboard), then press and hold on the
55filename, and select "rename". A new file will appear with a "Name" field
56that is editable, enter the new name, and click another file to keep the new
57name.
58</para>
59</section>
60
61<section><title>Creating Directories</title>
62<para>
63To create a directory, first bring up the input method you want to use (if you
64are using one), and then click the new directory button (an image of a file
65folder with a "+" sign). A new folder will be created with the name "New
66Folder", and the folder name will be editable. Enter the name you want and then
67click another file to create the folder.
68</para>
69</section>
70
71<section><title>Viewing Files</title>
72<para>
73To view a file, press and hold on a file, and the menu that comes up will
74contain two entries for vieing the file, the first depends on the filetype, but
75usually lets you open the file in a specific program. The second is "view as
76text" which will open the file up in TextEdit (regardless of whether or not it
77is actually a text file).
78</para>
79</section>
80
81<section id="adddoc"><title>Adding to "Documents"</title>
82<para>
83To add a file to your "Documents", press and hold the file, and select "Add
84to documents" from the menu. This will add the file to the documents tab, which
85you can use to quickly open the file (simply click on the icon for the file in
86the Documents tab). Some programs also use the Documents list to aid in quickly
87opening files.
88</para>
89</section>
90
91<section><title>Sorting Files</title>
92<para>
93To sort the files, use the "Sort" menu to select wich field you want to sort
94the files by ("by Name", for instance, will sort the file alphabetically by
95name). If "Ascending" is checked, the files will be sorted in ascending order,
96if it is not, they will be sorted in descending order. You can also press the
97name of the column in the main view to sort by that field.
98</para>
99</section>
100
101<section><title>Viewing Options</title>
102<para>
103The "View" menu lets you choose which files to view. If "Hidden" is checked,
104hidden files will be visible (in Linux, hidden files start with a "."). If
105"Symlinks" is checked, symbolic links (files or directories which are merely
106links to other files or directories) will be visible.
107</para>
108</section>
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