topic title: A trashcan for the antiX desktop ?
Posts: 69
Ninho
Joined: 28 Oct 2016
#1
Using ROX-icewm. Do we have something akin to the"trashcan" applet found in foreign OSes/desktop environments, a thing facilitating file undeletion (useful in case of remorse...) ? I remember having one such in an older Linux distro. Else how do you all suggest dealing in practice with the need to delete-but-not-quite-yet certain files or folders ?
Posts: 850
fatmac
Joined: 26 Jul 2012
#2
Create a 'deleted' folder, link it to the desktop, write a script to copy the file to it when you want to 'delete' a file. __{{emoticon}}__

Edit: Or drag it over to it as a 'move file' operation.
Posts: 1,445
skidoo
Joined: 09 Feb 2012
#3
from forum search:

A Trashcan (Recycle Bin) for antiX-Full
post31448.html#p31448 (post contains file attachments)

(Alternative) trashcan for SpaceFM
post42803.html#p42803
Posts: 1,028
SamK
Joined: 21 Aug 2011
#4
Ninho wrote:Using ROX-icewm. Do we have something akin to the"trashcan" applet found in foreign OSes/desktop environments...
Video how to for antiX

^---- embedded YouTube-hosted video: https://www.youtube.com/dLu6S7k7FSc


Forum post how to for antiX post31448.html

Both were produced for antiX-13 series. Because of the changes introduced in antiX-15/16, small tweaks may be needed but they will still be mainly OK.
Posts: 69
Ninho
Joined: 28 Oct 2016
#5
Thank you all ! I'd I swear I searched the forum archive before asking,
not very efficiently as it turns out.

Those instructions, which SamK and Skidoo have pointed to,
even possibly actualized, might be made a"sticky" post or
otherwise made conspicuous for new users, methinks...

Regards...

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Ninho
Posts: 73
zpimp
Joined: 20 Jan 2014
#6
but, is there a system wide trashcan, independent of file manager?
something that works even with mc and rm?
Posts: 1,445
skidoo
Joined: 09 Feb 2012
#7
It's not like that. It's a convention... like"recent files" and"XDG_DIRS".
A program author may choose to write to recent-files.xbel file (or not).
A program author may choose to"mv to .Trash" any file(s) slated for deletion (or not).
skidoo
Posts: 1,445
skidoo
Joined: 09 Feb 2012
#8
lookit Top3 search results

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