Re: This is a Troll!

[Jens Askengren <jensus linux nu>]

mån 2002-09-16 klockan 03.16 skrev Sean Middleditch:

> I recall reading that since glib supports plugins, the file-dialog may
> be designed as one - people without gnome-libs would get a plainish file
> dialog, while those with gnome-libs could get a gnome-enhanced dialog,
> even on gtk-only apps.  Is this not going to be the case, then, or do we
> get this coolness?

The gnome-enhanced dialog might in particular contain mime-type icons, 
something that I suspect will never be implemented in gtk+.

The implementation could be selected from .gtkrc for example.


But could people agree on an API? Well, I think so if we use the
property stuff of GObject for optional features:

if (filesel->has_feature("glob-filter")) 
{
	g_object_set(filesel, "glob-filter", "*.xml");
}

Some standard optional features could be:

mime-icons
glob-filter
history
favourites
directory-tree
select-directory  - Only allow directories to be selected)
select-multiple - Allow multiple files to be selected
flat-directory-view - Like [win/g]cvs. Javacoders will like this
home-directory-as-root
show-dotfiles
only-existing - Only allow selection of existing files


	- Jens