Even after selecting arrange items by type in preference menu of the Files(Nautilus) on Debian 8.2 ,the items are not arranged by type.I have everything mixed up from .pdf's in between .mp4's to .zip.Any help is appreciated.
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Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
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I think you mean they are not arranged by extension... – mikeserv Jan 20 '16 at 18:47
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May be you are right.Is there any diffrence b/w by type and by extension? – does_it_matter Jan 20 '16 at 18:48
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1Yes. The file type is one of socket, fifo, character, block dev, dir, regular, symlink, and so on. The extension is what follows the . in a file name. – mikeserv Jan 20 '16 at 18:51
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Thanks,then what's the criteria used by Gnome Files in arranging by file type?Is it the extension? – does_it_matter Jan 20 '16 at 18:54
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I would expect it to be the type, possibly expanded to recognize MIME or content types. – mikeserv Jan 20 '16 at 18:56
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In short,Is it functioning perfectly ok or not in my case? – does_it_matter Jan 20 '16 at 18:58
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looks good to me. – mikeserv Jan 20 '16 at 18:59
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Shouldn't the two .zip files be together? – does_it_matter Jan 21 '16 at 04:19