Re: File section widget that filters?

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

Daniel Wood <daniel@cs.washington.edu> writes:

> Derek Simkowiak <dereks@kd-dev.com> writes:
> 
> > http://gtkfilesel.sourceforge.net/
> > 
> > 	It is a work in progress.  We're hoping to have the code done for
> > Gtk+ 2.0.
> 
> Wow, this is great.  The current widge is a little wack.
> 
>  1. There ought to be a way to display directories and files that
>     begin with a dot.  I mean, there's really no way for a developer
>     to know for a fact that I don't want to open a file in a .dir

Actually, you can do this with the current widget.. in the
entry, type '.' then <tab>. 

(Not a defense of the way the current widget works, just 
a helpful hint.)

Regards,
                                        Owen