The file selector is designed to be very intuitive. It should nearly
always do the expected thing. So a minimal amount of explanation is
all that should be necessary. (If I did it right.)
Minicom's current working directory is changed to whatever directory
is displayed on the selector's title bar.
Double-tapping the space-bar (taps within a second or so of each
other) while on a directory entry will move you into that
directory.
The "Goto" requester will always initialize to whatever is configured
for the default upload/download directory, as appropriate. If
blank: the user's HOME directory is where it'll go to.
The first time the selector is entered, it will go to the default
download or upload directory--depending on which was called-up:
an upload or a download.
Subsequent invocations of the selector will result in it coming-up in
whichever directory it was last--dependent on whether uploading
or downloading. (Doing "Goto" <ret> will easily get you to the
default directory for the operation, as noted above.)
When the selector's display is constrained by a wild-card pattern via
the "Show" menu selection, moving to a new directory will result
in a full display again. This was intentional. But the pattern
is remembered, so simply doing "Show" <ret> will re-invoke the
filter. I felt this would be less confusing.
The functions at the bottom of the selector are:
Goto - Go to a particular directory
Prev - Go to previous directory
Show - Limit display to (wildcard) pattern
Tag - Tag files with (wildcard) pattern
Untag - Untag files with (wildcard) pattern
Okay - All done
The functions at the bottom of the selector ("Goto", etc.) are hot-
keyed on their first letter. Right-left cursor motion works on
them as well.
If "selectable download directory" enabled (zmodem, ymodem, etc.):
For downloads where the filenames are determined by the protocol
(e.g.: zmodem): files will appear in the selector, but
attempts to tag them are a no-op. (Nothing happens.)
You select the desired download directory by entering it.