On 7/6/05, beartooth <beartooth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > But your report seems at variance with what I see, or the way I understand > something. If I change the default "Home" under "Search for Files" to > "Other," I just get a list of files in /home/btth (my userID's home > folder) That's where is *starts*, but if you click on "Filesystem" on the left-hand side (where you can define your own shortcuts if you want by clicking Add, by the way), you can direct the search to any point on your filesystem. -- without even the .files, nor any way of displaying them Try right-clicking on the file list. While you're at it, try typing the first few letters of the file or directory you're looking for... -- much > less files like /etc or /usr. I don't even see a way to go up to /home and > back down to /home/backups (which I created, and scp'd stuff into as btth) > instead of staying in /home/btth. That should be obvious given the hints I've given you so far :-) > Unlike the other choices there, "filesystem" does give me two columns of > lists. Clicking on one in the right-hand column ungrays the Add button > under the other column; clicking on one in that column does nothing I can > see. A single click to select & launch is a KDE-ism. Try double-clicking. -- Ben Steeves _ bcs@xxxxxxxxxx The ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) ben.steeves@xxxxxxxxx against HTML e-mail X GPG ID: 0xB3EBF1D9 http://www.metacon.ca/bcs / \ Yahoo Messenger: ben_steeves