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[ILUG] Re: gtk file dialog

[ILUG] Re: gtk file dialog

Pádraig Brady P at draigBrady.com
Mon Apr 3 09:59:54 IST 2006


kevin lyda wrote:

>On Fri, Mar 31, 2006 at 05:45:53PM +0100, bobb wrote:
>  
>
>>Like that new gtk open/save dialoge, all akward and confising and kludgy
>>making you click around in vein coz they don't give you a box to type into
>>any more[1].  I can type much faster than I can find the directory/file in
>>successive lists of tens or hundreds of other files/directoies which may or
>>may not be sorted in a sensible fashion. I mean seriously whats wrong with
>>giving me a box to type into?
>>    
>>
>
>next time you see that dialog, start typing.  a box will show up.
>  
>
That's not obvious at all!
They're just reverted this sillyness I think:
http://primates.ximian.com/~federico/news-2006-03.html#29

Pádraig.



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