RE: SPAM-LOW: Re: gtk_file_selection not showing USB memory device

["Ian Puleston" <ian underpressuredivers com>]

Thanks - I didn't realize there was a new alternative to gtk_file_selection
(I based this originally on info from the tutorial which presumably must've
been written before the gtk_file_chooser came along). Anyway
gtk_file_chooser works fine.

Ian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sven Neumann [mailto:sven gimp org]
> Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 3:24 AM
> To: Ian Puleston
> Cc: gtk-list gnome org
> Subject: SPAM-LOW: Re: gtk_file_selection not showing USB memory device
> 
> 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