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<chapter id="file-browsers">
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<title>The File Browsers</title>
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<para>
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On the left side of the main window, &kdevelop; can display various kinds of
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lists and trees for the selection of files:
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>File Tree</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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This shows a tree view of the file hierarchy below the project directory. If
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you click on a file, it is loaded into the editor. For files which do not
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contain text, &kdevelop; starts an application that can handle the respective
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MIME type.
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</para>
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<para>
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The file tree is regularly updated whenever something changes in the file
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system. For example, if you create new files or directories (even outside
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&kdevelop;), this is immediately reflected in the file list. On &Linux;,
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this feature makes use of the FAM library. On other operating systems or over
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NFS, the directories shown are polled in small intervals.
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</para>
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<para>
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The file tree hides files which are usually not interesting, like object
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files. In the <guimenuitem>Project options</guimenuitem> under
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<guibutton>File views</guibutton>, you can configure (as a comma separated
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list of wildcards) which patterns are used to filter out irrelevant files.
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</para>
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<para>
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Furthermore, you can decide to restrict the file tree to show only files which
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belong to the currently loaded project. This can be toggled by clicking with
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the right mouse button on the root item of the tree.
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</para>
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<figure id="screenshot-filetree" float="1">
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<title>A Screenshot of the File Tree</title>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject><imagedata fileref="filetree.png"/></imageobject>
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<textobject><phrase>A Screenshot of the File Tree</phrase></textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</figure>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>File Groups</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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This shows the files belonging to the project, grouped by their file name
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extension. As in the file tree, you can edit a file by clicking on it
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with the &LMB;.
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</para>
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<para>
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The groups shown in this view can be configured under
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<guibutton>File views</guibutton> in the
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<guimenuitem>Project options</guimenuitem> dialog. In order to customize the
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view to your needs, it is helpful to understand how files are distributed on
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the groups. For each file, &kdevelop; goes through all groups from top to
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bottom. In each group, it looks whether the file name matches one of the
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patterns. If there is a match, the file is shown in this group and the
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iteration is aborted. This makes it clear that more general patterns should
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be put below more specific ones. For example, an asterisk for the
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<guilabel>Other</guilabel> group should be the last pattern.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</chapter> <!-- file-browsers -->
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<!-- ====================================================================== -->
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