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Re: Bug with amaya 2.4

From: Karl-Michael Schneider <schneide@phil.uni-passau.de>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 10:56:26 +0100 (MET)
Message-Id: <200002150956.KAA27222@piezoelectric.phil.uni-passau.de>
To: be.mauclaire@libertysurf.fr
Cc: www-amaya@w3.org
> I found a buggg in amaya 2.4 :
> when i wanted to open a file, it starts in the default amaya home directory :
> /usr/bin/...
> Then i "clic" several times with the mouse to the ".." charater in order to go
> to my home directory. 
> After that, no directories appear int the field of amaya browser for opening
> file. Finalyy, to open my file, i have nno others solutions that to fill the
> complete path of my html file to get it opened.
> 
> Conclusion, even if the filter is "*", no directories appears in the dialog
> window for openingg a html file.
> This happens a lot of times.
> Otherwise, i suppose that i can modifed amaya's preferences (the menu) for
> initialize the dfault directory at starting.

Look for dead links (i.e. symbolic links that point to a file or directory
that does not exist) in your directories. Amaya stops listing subdirectories
when it encounters a dead link. I had the same problem before. This is a bug.
If you remove the dead links, all subdirectories will be displayed.

Karl-Michael
Received on Tuesday, 15 February 2000 04:55:59 UTC

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