manual/configure_rockbox/file_view.tex

   1 % $Id$ %
   2 \section{File View}
   3 The File View menu deals with options relating to how the File Browser
   4 displays files.
   5 %
   6 \begin{description}
   7 \item[Sort Case Sensitive.]
   8   If this option is set to \setting{Yes}, all files that start with upper case
   9   letters will be listed first, followed by all files that begin with lower
  10   case letters.  If this option is set to NO, then case will be ignored when
  11   sorting files.
  12 \item[Sort Directories.]
  13   This option controls how Rockbox sorts directories.  The default is to sort
  14   them alphabetically. \setting{By date} sorts them with the oldest directory first.
  15   \setting{By newest date} sorts them with the newest directory first.
  16
  17 \item[Sort Files.]
  18   This option controls how Rockbox sorts files.  All of the options for
  19   \setting{Sort Directories} are available in this option.  In addition, there
  20   is a \setting{By type} option which sorts files alphabetically by their type
  21   (such as \fname{.mp3}) then alphabetically within each type.
  22
  23 \item[Interpret numbers when sorting.]
  24   \setting{As whole numbers} enables a sorting algorithm which is similar to
  25   the default sorting of, for example, Windows Explorer, Mac OS X's Finder
  26   or Nautilus, with regards to numbers at the beginning or within filenames.
  27   It combines consecutive digits to a number used for sorting, taking leading
  28   zeros into account.
  29   \newline\setting{As digits} disables this algorithm, and causes every digit to
  30   be compared separately. The following table demonstrates the two sortings.
  31   \begin{table}
  32     \begin{rbtabular}{.8\textwidth}{XX}%
  33       {\textbf{As whole numbers} & \textbf{As digits}}{}{}
  34       03 Jackson.mp3 & 03 Jackson.mp3\\
  35       1 Ring Of Fire.mp3 & 1 Ring Of Fire.mp3\\
  36       2 I Walk The Line.mp3 & 10 A Thing Called Love.mp3\\
  37       10 A Thing Called Love.mp3 & 2 I Walk The Line.mp3\\
  38       Episode 1.ogg & Episode 1.ogg\\
  39       Episode 57.ogg & Episode 233.ogg\\
  40       Episode 233.ogg & Episode 57.ogg\\
  41     \end{rbtabular}
  42   \end{table}
  43
  44
  45 \item[\label{ref:ShowFiles}Show Files.]
  46   This option controls which files are displayed in the File Browser.
  47   %
  48   \begin{description}
  49   \item[All.] The \setting{File Browser} displays all files and directories.
  50     Extensions are shown. No files or directories are hidden.
  51   \item[Supported.] The \setting{File Browser} displays all directories and
  52     files supported by Rockbox (see \reference{ref:Supportedfileformats}).
  53     Files and directories starting with \fname{.} (\emph{dot}) or with the
  54     \emph{hidden} flag set are hidden.
  55   \item[Music.] The \setting{File Browser} displays only directories, playlists and
  56     the supported \emph{audio} file formats. Extensions are stripped. Files and
  57     directories starting with \fname{.} or with the ``hidden'' flag set are
  58     hidden.
  59   \item[Playlists.] The \setting{File Browser} displays only directories and playlists,
  60     for simplified navigation.
  61   \end{description}
  62
  63 \item[\label{ref:ShowExtensions}Show Filename Extensions.]
  64   This option controls how file extensions are shown in the File Browser.
  65   %
  66   \begin{description}
  67   \item[Off.] The file extensions are never shown.
  68   \item[On.] The file extensions are always shown.
  69   \item[Only unknown types.] Only the extensions of unknown filetypes are shown.
  70   \item[Only when viewing all types.] Only show file extensions when
  71       \setting{Show Files} is set to \setting{All}.
  72   \end{description}
  73
  74 \item[Follow Playlist.]
  75   This option determines what directory the \setting{File Browser} displays
  76   first. If \setting{Follow Playlist} is set to \setting{Yes}, when you enter
  77   the \setting{File Browser} from the WPS, you will find yourself in the same
  78   directory as the currently playing file. If \setting{Follow Playlist} is set
  79   to \setting{No}, when you enter the \setting{File Browser} from the WPS, you
  80   will find yourself in the directory you were in when you last left the
  81   \setting{File Browser}.
  82
  83 \item[Show Path.]
  84   If this setting is set to \setting{Full Path} the full path to the current
  85   directory will be displayed on the first line in the \setting{File Browser}.
  86   If set to \setting{Current Directory Only} only the name of the current
  87   directory will be displayed.
  88
  89   This has a similar effect on the Database browser. If set to
  90   \setting{Current Directory Only} or \setting{Full Path}, then the title of
  91   each menu will be displayed on the first line in the \setting{Database Browser}.
  92
  93 \end{description}