On Mon, 2011-06-13 at 12:38 -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 09:10:27PM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > > On Mon, 2011-06-13 at 08:36 -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > > > On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 04:47:31AM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > > > > On Sun, 2011-06-12 at 16:56 -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > > > > > In the "File System" view, clicking on a directory only shows the > > > > > music > > > > > in that directory, not in any subdirectories. I think it would make > > > > > more sense to recurse through subdirectories; that way, if directories > > > > > represent categories and subdirectories represent subsets of those > > > > > categories, clicking on a higher-level directory will show everything > > > > > in > > > > > a broader category. > > > > > > > > If you right-click on the Folder, one of the options available is Select > > > > All Subfolders. It gives you want you want, or does it? > > > > > > That does work, yes. Doesn't seem very easy to discover, though.
I wouln't disagree, but can it be made more discoverable (other than making it default that is)? > > > As far as I can tell, the only case where it would make sense to select > > > a folder and not its subfolders occurs when both the folder and > > > subfolders contain music; that seems like the uncommon case, compared to > > > having either music or subdirectories but not both. (At least, assuming > > > all the variations on music organization that I can think of.) > > > > I OTOH have a folder structure like this: > > > > music > > -> genre > > ---> artist1 > > -----> album > > ---------> track1.mp3 > > ---------> track2.mp3 > > ---> artist > > -----> track1.mp3 > > -----> track1.mp3 > > Mine looks a lot like that; I mostly use music/genre/set_or_album, with > occasional subfolders like CD1 and CD2, and a few scattered "misc" > directories for loose individual songs. > > I think the recursive approach would work nicely there; it would allow > selecting all music, all music in a genre, all music in a particular > album, etc. I actually prefer the current behavior. Also, your preferred behavior is more expensive, regarding machine resources (and would therefore be slower, though that depends on the depth of your collection). So I think it's a good idea that it isn't default. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
