Re: Odd behaviour?

From	The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: Odd behaviour?
Date	2024-12-05 12:26 +0000
Organization	A little, after lunch
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On 05/12/2024 11:19, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> On 2024-12-05 12:06, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> On 05/12/2024 10:34, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>> On 2024-12-05 08:59, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>>> On 04/12/2024 18:41, Rich wrote:
>>>>> The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>> On 03/12/2024 22:24, Andy Burns wrote:
>>>>>>> The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What I find puzzling is how it appears in the GUI but isn't on the
>>>>>>>> actual machine file system
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> funky characters in filename?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ls -la | cat -v
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nope. Still no sign
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think some part of the GUI environment builds a cache, and its in
>>>>>> that, but not in the real world so to speak
>>>>>
>>>>> What is the GUI file browser program you use under Mate?
>>>>>
>>>> Caja
>>>>
>>>>> Many "GUI file browsers" have a tendancy to "combine" plural actual
>>>>> disk paths into the 'appearance' of a singular view (and "Desktop" is
>>>>> one of those 'views' that GUI dev's think need this miss-feature).
>>>>>
>>>>> So it is possible the file it is located somewhere other than
>>>>> ~/Desktop/ and the GUI is merging together that other location with 
>>>>> the
>>>>> contents of the actual ~/Desktop/, and presenting the combination to
>>>>> you as "Desktop".
>>>>>
>>>> Hmm. Still doesn't say why it cant be deleted/found Even from the 
>>>> GUI file manager
>>>
>>> Because it would be on another directory.
>>>
>> But if the GUI knows where it is the GUI should be able to delete it.
> 
> The GUI is not a magician.

No, but it must have consistent rules. If Caja displays it Caja can 
delete it and the same for the desktop manager as well

The fact is it is - or was - a ghost. It only existed as far as I can 
tell in the GUI cache...



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man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest 
thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly 
persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid 
before him."

    - Leo Tolstoy

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Odd behaviour? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-12-03 20:32 +0000
  Re: Odd behaviour? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-03 22:27 +0100
    Re: Odd behaviour? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-12-03 22:15 +0000
      Re: Odd behaviour? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2024-12-03 22:24 +0000
        Re: Odd behaviour? Woozy Song <suzyw0ng@outlook.com> - 2024-12-04 12:40 +0800
          Re: Odd behaviour? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-12-04 12:24 +0000
        Re: Odd behaviour? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-12-04 12:23 +0000
          Re: Odd behaviour? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2024-12-04 18:41 +0000
            Re: Odd behaviour? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-12-05 07:59 +0000
              Re: Odd behaviour? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-05 11:34 +0100
                Re: Odd behaviour? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-12-05 11:06 +0000
                Re: Odd behaviour? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-05 12:19 +0100
                Re: Odd behaviour? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-12-05 12:26 +0000
                Re: Odd behaviour? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-05 13:41 +0100
                Re: Odd behaviour? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-12-05 12:48 +0000
                Re: Odd behaviour? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2024-12-05 13:12 +0000
                Re: Odd behaviour? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-12-05 13:56 +0000
                Re: Odd behaviour? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-05 15:24 +0100
                Re: Odd behaviour? Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2024-12-05 16:57 +0000
                Re: Odd behaviour? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-12-05 18:02 +0000
          Re: Odd behaviour? Pancho <Pancho.Jones@proton.me> - 2024-12-04 19:41 +0000
            Re: Odd behaviour? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-12-05 08:37 +0000
    Re: Odd behaviour? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-04 10:29 +0100
      Re: Odd behaviour? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-04 12:42 +0100
        Re: Odd behaviour? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-04 14:03 +0100

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