Re: File dialogs: an attempt at a summary

From: William Kendrick <nbs sonic net>
To: dylang+kernel thock com (Dylan Griffiths)
Cc: fabrice colin muscat com (Fabrice Colin), gnome-gui-list gnome org
Subject: Re: File dialogs: an attempt at a summary
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 10:59:46 -0700 (PDT)

> But why?  The program KNOWS what format it'll be writing it in.

Not necessarily.  Think of a word processor...

  * M$ Word
  * RTF
  * Plain ASCII
  * Formatted ASCII
  * HTML
  * Native format
  * PS / PDF

etc. :)   Of course, the best thing Gimp did in this realm was the
"By Extension" option.  It rocks!  :)  (That and supporting .gz internally)

-bill!

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