Re: file-sel API issues

[Jamin Philip Gray <jpg2 cec wustl edu>]

> 
> On Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 03:28:53PM -0400, jacob berkman wrote:
> > [ already sent to gnome-2-0-list and gnome-components-list, but i've
> > gotten no responses so i am resending here ]
> 
> I should subscribe to those lists at some point I guess... :-)
> > 
> > so i am inviting people to comment on bugs listed in the query linked
> > from here:
> > 
> > http://bug-buddy.org/gnome-file-selector/#outstanding-api
> 
> The functionality and UI of the file selector are great but that API is really
> a mouthful. Will there be a simple, non-Bonobo API for apps? Something closer
> to the current GNOME or KDE file selector APIs?

Yes, I was wondering the same thing.  Doesn't seem like it should be
too difficult to come up with a wrapper around the bonobo file
selector that gives you a very simple one-liner--basically, give me a
file name, damnit--and it'll do the work.

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