Re: gtk_file_selection not showing USB memory device

[Sven Neumann <sven gimp org>]

Hi,

"Ian Puleston" <ian underpressuredivers com> writes:

> I took a look at the source code, and it seems obvious why this is
> happening. This is from function win32_gtk_add_drives_to_dir_list() in
> gtkfilesel.c:
>
>   /* Get the drives string */
>   GetLogicalDriveStrings (sizeof (buffer), buffer);
>
>   /* Add the drives as necessary */
>   textPtr = buffer;
>   while (*textPtr != '\0')
>     {
>       /* Ignore floppies (?) */
>       if (GetDriveType (textPtr) != DRIVE_REMOVABLE)
> 	{
>
> So it is deliberately ignoring floppies and other removable media. Anyone
> know why that is?

GtkFileSelection is deprecated for several years now. It is somewhat
futile to worry about this misbehaviour. What about using
GtkFileChooser instead?


Sven