Re: GtkFileChooser extensions

[David Christian Berg <david sipsolutions net>]

On Do, 2004-09-23 at 18:39 -0500, Federico Mena Quintero wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 20:15 +0200, Fernando Herrera wrote:
> 
> > 	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
> 
> You are right, and this is something that made me uncomfortable while
> writing the spec.

I think a flyover hint would do the job, don't you?

David