Feature changed by: Stephan Binner (Beineri) Feature #306600, revision 3 - Title: A small change that would make openSUSE a bit easier to use + Title: Tooltips for /sbin, /var, /opt, /mnt, /proc etc directories openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Glöm Det (searching_for_answers) Description: I'm not the most exprienced Unix/Linux user and as a nuub I see how you could make it easier for other nuubs coming from Windows. When I look at the openSUSE directory(is it shared with Linux and Unix?) I see alot complicated abbriviations like sbin, var, opt, mnt, proc and stuff. Now I could google what they stand for and what types of files are in there but it would be easier if I didn't have too. There for I suggest that you rename... DON'T GIVE UP... those files to their full extension names. I know this wouldn't work out well since it might be important for developers and the speed of terminal writing that the remain as they are. Instead here is my solution. Keep the directory as it is but add this feature too openSUSE. When you hold/right click your mouse over the folder the full name appears. If you for exampel hold it over the lib folder the full name of library appears and a short description telling what kinds of files that are stored here. When you comes to making your own folders you are are able too write description and the full name if you want. That can't be too complicated to make right. It is a small change that will make it alot better. But maybe I'm not asking the right persons here. Maybe Dolphin the file manager's crew is the one to tell about this suggestions. In that case or if you have any questions. Send a private message to Searching_for_answers . P.S. I discoverd this Use and Test cases now. I don't know what they're for so I leave them blank + Discussion: + #1: Stephan Binner (beineri) (2009-07-01 12:39:39) + A nuub has to IMHO not to care about directories outside his home + directories, every more advanced user can look their meaning up from + technical documentation and learn them once. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306600

Feature changed by: Robert Davies (robopensuse) Feature #306600, revision 5 Title: Tooltips for /sbin, /var, /opt, /mnt, /proc etc directories openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Glöm Det (searching_for_answers) Description: I'm not the most exprienced Unix/Linux user and as a nuub I see how you could make it easier for other nuubs coming from Windows. When I look at the openSUSE directory(is it shared with Linux and Unix?) I see alot complicated abbriviations like sbin, var, opt, mnt, proc and stuff. Now I could google what they stand for and what types of files are in there but it would be easier if I didn't have too. There for I suggest that you rename... DON'T GIVE UP... those files to their full extension names. I know this wouldn't work out well since it might be important for developers and the speed of terminal writing that the remain as they are. Instead here is my solution. Keep the directory as it is but add this feature too openSUSE. When you hold/right click your mouse over the folder the full name appears. If you for exampel hold it over the lib folder the full name of library appears and a short description telling what kinds of files that are stored here. When you comes to making your own folders you are are able too write description and the full name if you want. That can't be too complicated to make right. It is a small change that will make it alot better. But maybe I'm not asking the right persons here. Maybe Dolphin the file manager's crew is the one to tell about this suggestions. In that case or if you have any questions. Send a private message to Searching_for_answers . P.S. I discoverd this Use and Test cases now. I don't know what they're for so I leave them blank Discussion: #1: Stephan Binner (beineri) (2009-07-01 12:39:39) A nuub has to IMHO not to care about directories outside his home directories, every more advanced user can look their meaning up from technical documentation and learn them once. #2: Glöm Det (searching_for_answers) (2009-07-01 23:55:54) Every nuub wants too became less of a nuub. Why not make it easier for them? If you understand the OS it is easier to us it. And yet again this isn't that hard to program. My guesses are that it will probably take less then 2 weeks for a single programmer. + #3: Robert Davies (robopensuse) (2009-11-30 23:29:55) + Would a solution be to re-use whatis(1) and write short over-view man + pages on /etc, /bin, /lib & /usr etc? + Then the feature would be much more useful in Dolphin, as pointing at a + command like "buffer" instead of (executable, 18.6KiB) could display + additionally "buffer (1)           - very fast reblocking program". + Would seem an idea to present upstream to KDE4/GNOME ppl though for + their filemangler teams. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306600

Feature changed by: Robert Davies (robopensuse) Feature #306600, revision 8 Title: Tooltips for /sbin, /var, /opt, /mnt, /proc etc directories openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Glöm Det (searching_for_answers) Description: I'm not the most exprienced Unix/Linux user and as a nuub I see how you could make it easier for other nuubs coming from Windows. When I look at the openSUSE directory(is it shared with Linux and Unix?) I see alot complicated abbriviations like sbin, var, opt, mnt, proc and stuff. Now I could google what they stand for and what types of files are in there but it would be easier if I didn't have too. There for I suggest that you rename... DON'T GIVE UP... those files to their full extension names. I know this wouldn't work out well since it might be important for developers and the speed of terminal writing that the remain as they are. Instead here is my solution. Keep the directory as it is but add this feature too openSUSE. When you hold/right click your mouse over the folder the full name appears. If you for exampel hold it over the lib folder the full name of library appears and a short description telling what kinds of files that are stored here. When you comes to making your own folders you are are able too write description and the full name if you want. That can't be too complicated to make right. It is a small change that will make it alot better. But maybe I'm not asking the right persons here. Maybe Dolphin the file manager's crew is the one to tell about this suggestions. In that case or if you have any questions. Send a private message to Searching_for_answers . P.S. I discoverd this Use and Test cases now. I don't know what they're for so I leave them blank Discussion: #1: Stephan Binner (beineri) (2009-07-01 12:39:39) A nuub has to IMHO not to care about directories outside his home directories, every more advanced user can look their meaning up from technical documentation and learn them once. #2: Glöm Det (searching_for_answers) (2009-07-01 23:55:54) Every nuub wants too became less of a nuub. Why not make it easier for them? If you understand the OS it is easier to us it. And yet again this isn't that hard to program. My guesses are that it will probably take less then 2 weeks for a single programmer. #3: Robert Davies (robopensuse) (2009-11-30 23:29:55) Would a solution be to re-use whatis(1) and write short over-view man pages on /etc, /bin, /lib & /usr etc? Then the feature would be much more useful in Dolphin, as pointing at a command like "buffer" instead of (executable, 18.6KiB) could display additionally "buffer (1)           - very fast reblocking program". Would seem an idea to present upstream to KDE4/GNOME ppl though for their filemangler teams. #4: Tristan Miller (psych0naut) (2009-12-01 13:08:24) Seems like an innocent enough feature for a high-level file manager like Dolphin to implement.  Descriptions of these top-level directories could be adapted from the FHS. + #5: Robert Davies (robopensuse) (2009-12-02 17:37:13) (reply to #4) + The GUI file manager imploementer's probably won't like the burden of + documenting system directories though.  Hence the suggestion to de- + couple tool tips produced from whatis(1) which just took 8ms to run on + my system. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306600

Feature changed by: Andreas Jaeger (a_jaeger) Feature #306600, revision 11 Title: Tooltips for /sbin, /var, /opt, /mnt, /proc etc directories - openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed + openSUSE-11.3: Rejected by (a_jaeger) + reject date: 2010-03-02 13:48:12 + reject reason: This is something that should be done in the + filebrowsers upstream like nautilus and dolphin, please ask the teams. Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Glöm Det (searching_for_answers) Description: I'm not the most exprienced Unix/Linux user and as a nuub I see how you could make it easier for other nuubs coming from Windows. When I look at the openSUSE directory(is it shared with Linux and Unix?) I see alot complicated abbriviations like sbin, var, opt, mnt, proc and stuff. Now I could google what they stand for and what types of files are in there but it would be easier if I didn't have too. There for I suggest that you rename... DON'T GIVE UP... those files to their full extension names. I know this wouldn't work out well since it might be important for developers and the speed of terminal writing that the remain as they are. Instead here is my solution. Keep the directory as it is but add this feature too openSUSE. When you hold/right click your mouse over the folder the full name appears. If you for exampel hold it over the lib folder the full name of library appears and a short description telling what kinds of files that are stored here. When you comes to making your own folders you are are able too write description and the full name if you want. That can't be too complicated to make right. It is a small change that will make it alot better. But maybe I'm not asking the right persons here. Maybe Dolphin the file manager's crew is the one to tell about this suggestions. In that case or if you have any questions. Send a private message to Searching_for_answers . P.S. I discoverd this Use and Test cases now. I don't know what they're for so I leave them blank Discussion: #1: Stephan Binner (beineri) (2009-07-01 12:39:39) A nuub has to IMHO not to care about directories outside his home directories, every more advanced user can look their meaning up from technical documentation and learn them once. #2: Glöm Det (searching_for_answers) (2009-07-01 23:55:54) Every nuub wants too became less of a nuub. Why not make it easier for them? If you understand the OS it is easier to us it. And yet again this isn't that hard to program. My guesses are that it will probably take less then 2 weeks for a single programmer. #3: Robert Davies (robopensuse) (2009-11-30 23:29:55) Would a solution be to re-use whatis(1) and write short over-view man pages on /etc, /bin, /lib & /usr etc? Then the feature would be much more useful in Dolphin, as pointing at a command like "buffer" instead of (executable, 18.6KiB) could display additionally "buffer (1)           - very fast reblocking program". Would seem an idea to present upstream to KDE4/GNOME ppl though for their filemangler teams. #4: Tristan Miller (psych0naut) (2009-12-01 13:08:24) Seems like an innocent enough feature for a high-level file manager like Dolphin to implement.  Descriptions of these top-level directories could be adapted from the FHS. #5: Robert Davies (robopensuse) (2009-12-02 17:37:13) (reply to #4) The GUI file manager imploementer's probably won't like the burden of documenting system directories though.  Hence the suggestion to de- couple tool tips produced from whatis(1) which just took 8ms to run on my system. #6: Todd R (theblackcat) (2009-12-03 17:06:03) This is similar to an idea in the KDE brainstorming forum: http://forum.kde.org/brainstorm.php#idea38910 "This idea is that, when you first install KDE, certain folders (and files perhaps as well) will automatically have Nepomuk metadata assigned to them (comments certainly, maybe tags as well). Examples include the root folders, which should have comments saying what each of them is used for in Linux systems, and your Documents, Desktop, and . kde4 folders, which similarly should have comments saying what they are for. It should be easy for distributions to add their own initial metadat for folders they add. Similarly, default pictures the system comes with, for instance wallpapers, should already have informative tags." -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306600