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RBrowser File Viewer

Once logged in the remote (or local) host RBrowser displays the File Viewer that represents the file system of the host:

Opening Files

Just double click on either the file's name in the browser or the large icon in the Icon Path. You can select multiple files and open them all at once by double clicking on its icon in the Icon path.

The File Viewer has three areas:

SHELF:

Icons on the shelf can provide a shortcut to files and folders you access frequently. The shelf always contains your home folder, which is where you keep your own work. You can add or remove other files and folders. If you click on a shelf icon, the browser will load the selected file. To put a file on the shelf, just drag it from the Icon Path and drop it over the empty shelf . To remove a file just drag it off. The shelf is resizable by dragging the little button in the bottom. The Forward/Back buttons work just like on a Web Browser. You can go back to any path you have been during the current session. By typing Command-H the History Panel comes up . Here you can see all paths visited during the current session. Select one and hit the "Select" button to go to any path in the list

ICON PATH:

The icon path shows where you are in the file system. This row of icons shows the selected file or folder and the folders above it in its branch of the file system.

FILE LISTING/BROWSER AREA:

The bottom area displays the contents of the folders that make up the path shown in the Icon Path. There are two ways to see the files:
1. Browser (pictured) - a hierarchial view of the file system where you can see the entire path that is loaded in the File Viewer, but only the file names are shown.
2. List View - Only the contents of the selected directory are shown in a long format. The names, sizes modification dates and permissions of all files are shown.

<COMMAND>8 will change to Browser View, <COMMAND>9 will change the FileViewer to List View.
Single clicking on any of the files will select them . Double clicking will open the file in the appropriate application. <CONTROL> clicking on a directory will reload it from the remote host (same as the Tools/Update Directory menu).

The File Viewer gives you the same interface on the local as well as remote hosts. Also, the file operations are invoked the same way Use of the File Viewer is very intuitive. Use the browser to browse the file system. Double clicking on any of the browser cells or icons in the Icon Path will open the file.

Home Directory

The first cell of the shelf will always contain the home directory (or root if there is none). This icon is not removable.

Protocol

Either FTP, SSH or UNIX. See login panel for further explanation.

Host Name

The name of the remote host you are connected to


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