Re: File dialogs: an attempt at a summary

From: "Michael T. Babcock" <mbabcock fibrespeed net>
To: William Kendrick <nbs sonic net>
Cc: Dylan Griffiths <dylang+kernel thock com>, Fabrice Colin <fabrice colin muscat com>, gnome-gui-list gnome org
Subject: Re: File dialogs: an attempt at a summary
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 14:10:54 -0400

William Kendrick wrote:

> > But why?  The program KNOWS what format it'll be writing it in.
>
> Not necessarily.  Think of a word processor...
>
>   * M$ Word

[...]

>   * 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)

Anyone considered that writing library parsers that have a common interface for
saving files might be a good idea?  save_rich_text(blah, ".rtf") ...
save_image(blah, ".gif")?

Just wondering -- horribly complex, but doable.

References:
- Re: File dialogs: an attempt at a summary
  - From: William Kendrick

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