User's Guide to the Tycho File Browser

The file browser is used for opening any Tycho file. The file browser can be opened from most Tycho windows through pull-down menus. Two different key sequences will also open the file browser, which key sequence is used depends on whether you are using Windows or Unix keyboard shortcuts. Under Windows style bindings, Alt-F O brings up the file browser. Under Unix style bindings, Control-x Control-f brings up the file browser. (In the Tycho documentation, we use the shorthand C-x C-f).

Although the Tycho file browser is designed to be relatively familiar to most users, it has some unique features. Here is a summary of helpful hints:

Most of the features of the file browser are exactly those of any list browser in Tycho. The differences are:

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