Re: How to change to a hidden directory in Octave

[Steven Evans]

Thanks for your response, Torsten.  I greatly appreciate it.
    I've attached a screen shot in order to show the "Go" button that 
I'm talking about.  Also, the drop down list, which I mentioned, is just 
to the left of the "Go" button.
    I don't see a "context menu", or perhaps I'm looking in the wrong 
place.
    I'm wondering if I'm just using a version of Octave that is 
different than yours.  I installed it directly from the Lubuntu Software 
Center.

Thanks,

Steven

On 01/16/2016 02:45 PM, Torsten wrote:
> On 16.01.2016 17:18, Steven Evans wrote:
> > Octave Mailing List Support,
> >      I'm a new user of Octave, and am wondering if there's a way to
> > change my current directory to a directory that is hidden.  Is this a
> > feature that simply doesn't exist?
> >      I'm running Octave on Lubuntu 14.04.3 LTS, and am using a 64-bit
> > machine.
> >      Here's what happens whenever I try to navigate to a hidden
> > directory.  If I try to find the directory using the drop down list, the
> > directory doesn't show up because it is hidden.
> Which drop down list do you mean, the one of the file browser or of the
> main window. Both lists only contain directories recently used.
>
> > So I then type the path
> > of my directory, at the drop-down prompt, using the standard format for
> > hidden directories. In other words, I place a "." at the beginning of
> > the name of the directory that is hidden.
> >
> > Example:  /home/username/.my_hidden_directory
> >
> >      However, when I click on the "Go" button, nothing happens.
> Which button do you mean by "Go" button? Entering the path into the
> combo box "Current Directory" and pressing "Enter" changes into the
> hidden directory (obviously, there is an issue in synchronizing hidden
> dir with the file browser, but this is another issue).
>
> >      If I type the following at the console:
> >
> > cd /home/username/.my_hidden_directory
> >
> >      nothing happens.
> This works for me.
>
> In the context menu of the file browser's header you can toggle the
> optin "Show hidden" in order to display hidden files or not.
>
> Torsten

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