feature request: hidden files configurable via variables

[phillbush]

feature request: hidden files configurable via variables

[apprehensions]

nvm i see now

[apprehensions]

		case 'a':
			hide = 0;
			break;

IMO this should be configured by variables/Xresources as well.

[phillbush]

The "show all mode" to show hidden files can be set just like in ls(1) with the -a option:

$ xfiles -a

[apprehensions]

i know!! but what about an option so i dont have to make a bin script override for a flag

[phillbush]

Idk. Showing hidden files is not a setting that is constant through invocations like the theme (configurable via X resources) or the name of the opener command (configurable via environment variables). Listing hidden entries is a setting highly probable to change between invocations, which is what command-line options are for.

If you want to always show hidden files, you can do like people do in ~/.bashrc and set up an alias for xfiles -a, or if you invoke XFiles from a keybinding or menu entry, just specify the -a option in the invocation.

In any case, you can change the hardcoded default in the code and install your modified version.
It is at the top of xfiles.c. Just change

static int hide = 1;

into

static int hide = 0;