Re: Usability of the GTK+ 2 file open dialog

[Sven Neumann <sven gimp org>]

Hi,

Michael Torrie <torriem chem byu edu> writes:

> And actually typing a path that begins with a slash really requires two
> slashes.  One to open the input box and then another slash to actually
> begin the path.  For paths beginning with ~ (something I use
> frequently), I have to type /~ (or Ctrl-L ~). 

You are using a rather old version of GTK+ then. I suggest that you
update before you continute to bash the file-chooser. A lot of
usability problems have been taken care of in recent versions.


Sven