Re: GtkFileChooser extensions

[Alex Graveley <alex beatniksoftware com>]

Yoyo,

I'm wondering if the best way to convey search context is by showing
Tiles, as would appear in Best.  Search results may encompass weird
connections between terms and results, and I think the Tile UI will end
up being the way that those connections are made useful and
understandable to the user.  

So is it a good idea to make the extension spec robust enough to handle
setting an arbitrary main file-list widget?

-Alex

On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 14:15, Fernando Herrera wrote:
> El mié, 22-09-2004 a las 10:25 -0500, Federico Mena Quintero escribió:
> > I've been working on a specification for an extension mechanism for
> > GtkFileChooser.  Global searching, lock-down, and metadata systems would
> > benefit from being able to extend what GtkFileChooser can do.
> > 
> > The draft spec is here:
> > 
> > http://primates.ximian.com/~federico/docs/file-chooser-extension-spec/index.html
> 
> 	Really cool!. About the search stuff on the filechooser, I was talking
> with someone about it, and we realized that, for files, context is
> really important. Thing about searching a picture of "Lucas" typying
> "lucas" and presenting results as normal files in the file view. It
> would ne like:
>   * Lucas.jpg
>   * 1002.jpg
>   * IMG234.jpg
>   [...]
> 
> But maybe the user would like to know their context:
>   * /media/pictures/Lucas - Ribiera Concert/1002.jpg
>   * /media/pictures/partys/Fiesta en casa de Lucas/Lucas.jpg
>   * /home/fer/Desktop/crazy lucas/IMG234.jpg
> 
> so that's because I used clarkbw Find UI [1] in my quick-and-dirty-only-
> for-me GtkFileChooser search hack [2]
> 
> 	So I don't know if gtk_file_chooser_set_extra_widget_for_extension() is
> flexible enough for adding the widget in the right place (as seen in [3]
> it is over the file list for the open dialog)
> 
> Salu2
> 
> 
> --
> [1]: http://www.gnome.org/~clarkbw/blog/GNOME/finding_a_good_find
> [2]:
> http://www.gnome.org/~fherrera/blog/searching_inside_the_GtkFileChooser.html
> [3]: http://primates.ximian.com/~federico/docs/file-chooser-extension-
> spec/open-with-search-results.png
> 
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