Re: File selection bugs

[Daniel James <twigman netbreeze com au>]

On 2001.08.10 05:53 M . Thielker wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>  I know it's really a gtk issue, but I don't see it getting fixed anytime
> soon: When saving a file, changing directories will make the filename
> disappear, so visual selection of a destination directory is not
> possible.
> When opening files, the file selector doesn't honor the gmc "Show all
> files"
> setting, so dotfiles aren't shown.
> 
> This is particularily bad fpr me, because I keep current work in progress
> on
> my desktop. The desktop is in .gnome-desktop (note the dot!), so I can
> never
> visually select it. I always have to specify the filename to save to my
> typing .gnome-desktop/ in front of the filename given as default.
> In my opinion, this is REALLY _bad_! It's ok for apps I don't use
> everyday,
> all day, it's not ok for Balsa, IMHO.
You could do this:
open a terminal, then type
ln -s .gnome-desktop MyDesktop
close the terminal

now just open MyDesktop and you are in your .gnome-desktop. 

> Now, before I do another file selector and then get chided for it because
> "this is a gtk isssue, it doesn't belong in Balsa", I would like to find
> out
> what's being though about the issue first.
> 
> My idea would be something like a comfortable file selector, looking much
> like the gtk one, but with options to directly navigate to certain
> directories with a simple drop-down. These directories could even be
> inserted into the path drop-down to preserve the existing layout.
> 
> I would have the desktop, the home directory and the 4 most often used
> directories from the last 20 directories used.
> And, of course, fix the disappearing file name bug.
> 
> So, opinions, please!
> 
> Melanie

I'm not really a fan of the gtk file selector either, but that's because
it's not a terminal :) It does have it's good sides though, if you just
start typeing the name of the file you wany, then hit tab, it will
auto-complete, useful and much faster than navigating the lists....

Twigman...