[comp.sys.next] transient "expert" file view

fuchs@czar.Princeton.EDU (Ira Fuchs) (01/05/91)

If you do not have expert mode set in Preferences and you are in the file 
viewer and you type .xyz (assuming .xyz exists), the file view will 
change to the "expert mode" and will show all dot files and certain 
directories which are otherwise suppressed (e.g., bin, dev). My question is:
is there anyway to restore the "non-expert" mode short of logging off and on?

fuchs@idunno.Princeton.EDU (Ira Fuchs) (01/05/91)

I finally read the 2.0 documentation where it says quite clearly that to get back
to the "non-expert" view you can either logoff/logon or execute the update viewers
menu item. It works as advertised.

glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us (Glenn Reid) (01/07/91)

In article <5046@idunno.Princeton.EDU> fuchs@czar.Princeton.EDU (Ira Fuchs) writes:
>If you do not have expert mode set in Preferences and you are in the file 
>viewer and you type .xyz (assuming .xyz exists), the file view will 
>change to the "expert mode" and will show all dot files and certain 
>directories which are otherwise suppressed (e.g., bin, dev). My question is:
>is there anyway to restore the "non-expert" mode short of logging off and on?

Just go click it in Preferences.  It applies immediately to the browser
view.  But click it twice, because the .xyz hack does not toggle
the flag in Preferences, so you have to turn Unix expert mode ON and then
back OFF again.

Glenn
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