AntiX 16.2 "Copy" a file, but NO "Destination"!!!!!

[jaugu...@verizon.net]

Hi,

I have AntiX 16.2 version of Linux. The only way I am able to copy a
file from one location to another location is using the "drag and drop"
method. I prefer using the "Copy and Paste" method.

If I right click on a file, "README.TXT", a window opens
up with a list of choices including "Copy". I select "Copy" which
causes another small window titled "Copy" to open with two
choices (buttons). "Cancel" and "Copy". If I click on the "Copy"
button, I EXPECTED to get a destination prompt, but instead,
I got an ERROR messages stating that I can NOT copy the
file onto itself!!!!!!!!!!!

Using "Help", I searched for "copy", but "copy" was not found!!!!!!!

Does anyone know how I can Copy "README.TXT" file from one location to
another location without using the "drag and drop" method?

Thank You in advance, John

[J.O. Aho]

On 12/12/17 17:52, jaugu...@verizon.net wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have AntiX 16.2 version of Linux. The only way I am able to copy a
> file from one location to another location is using the "drag and drop"
> method. I prefer using the "Copy and Paste" method.

Which file manager do you use? In case you don't know, which desktop
environment do you use?

The answer on those two questions are needed to be able to give you
further help or advice to use another file manager.

--

//Aho

[jaugu...@verizon.net]

Hi J.O.,

I am using the default (Rox Panel, I think it is called?) desktop (sea
shells image) and default Files Manager (ROX filer) that came with AntiX 16.2
when I downloaded it as an .ISO file.

I don't know how to find a version number of the Files Manager. With
a MS Windows OS, it is easy to find a version number of any AP.

Again, Thanks, John

[J.O. Aho]

On 12/13/17 15:19, jaugu...@verizon.net wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Dec 2017 18:05:02 +0100, "J.O. Aho" <us...@example.net> wrote:
>
>> On 12/12/17 17:52, jaugu...@verizon.net wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have AntiX 16.2 version of Linux. The only way I am able to copy a
>>> file from one location to another location is using the "drag and drop"
>>> method. I prefer using the "Copy and Paste" method.
>>
>> Which file manager do you use? In case you don't know, which desktop
>> environment do you use?
>>
>> The answer on those two questions are needed to be able to give you
>> further help or advice to use another file manager.
>

> I am using the default (Rox Panel, I think it is called?) desktop (sea
> shells image) and default Files Manager (ROX filer) that came with AntiX 16.2
> when I downloaded it as an .ISO file.

I'm no Rox user, so I won't be the right person to answer your question,
but I guess https://www.antixforum.com would be the place to get an answer.

You could always install Caja which is the Mate desktops default file
manager or Thunar from Xfce desktop. Those two should pull in less
dependencies than installing KDE's or Gnome3's default file managers.

> I don't know how to find a version number of the Files Manager. With
> a MS Windows OS, it is easy to find a version number of any AP.

Much depends on the application, in KDE applications you have the Help
menu in which you find "About ..." where "..." is the name of the
application, it will tell you the version number and "About KDE" would
tell you the version of the KDE/QT used to build the application
(something you don't get in ms-windows).

--

//Aho

[Carlos E.R.]

On 2017-12-13 18:09, J.O. Aho wrote:
> On 12/13/17 15:19, jaugu...@verizon.net wrote:


>> I am using the default (Rox Panel, I think it is called?) desktop (sea
>> shells image) and default Files Manager (ROX filer) that came with AntiX 16.2
>> when I downloaded it as an .ISO file.
>
> I'm no Rox user, so I won't be the right person to answer your question,
> but I guess https://www.antixforum.com would be the place to get an answer.

It is a very peculiar desktop:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROX_Desktop

+++------------
The ROX Desktop is a desktop environment based on the ROX-Filer file
manager. Files are loaded by dragging them to an application from the
filer, and saved by dragging back to the filer. Applications are
executable directories, and are thus also installed (copied),
uninstalled (deleted), and run through the filer interface. ROX has a
strong link with Zero Install, a method of identifying and executing
programs via a URL, to make software installation completely automatic.

It is inspired by the user interface of RISC OS (not to be confused with
RISC/os).[2] The name "ROX" comes from "RISC OS on X". The project was
started by Thomas Leonard as a student at University of Southampton in
1999[3][4] and is still led by him in 2012.

The desktop uses the GTK+ toolkit, like the GNOME and Xfce desktops. The
design focuses on small, simple programs using drag-and-drop to move
data between them. For example, a user might load a compressed file into
a spreadsheet from the web by dragging the data from the web browser to
the archiver, and from there into the spreadsheet. A program would be
installed in the same way, by dragging the archive from the web to the
archiver, and from there to the applications directory in the filer.

Drag-and-drop saving allows the user to save the text file to any
directory they please, or directly to another application, such as the
archiver on the panel.
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--
Cheers, Carlos.

[Jimmy Johnson]

ctrl+c to copy and ctrl+v to paste

Cheers,
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Jimmy Johnson

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - KDE 4.13.2 - AMD A8-7600 - EXT4 at sda1
Registered Linux User #380263