Re: Usability of the GTK+ 2 file open dialog

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Sven Neumann <sven@xxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Michael L Torrie <torriem@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > The most annoying things deal with opening files:
> >  * if you type the name of the file to open, you have to press enter
> > twice.
> 
> No, you haven't. Just type the name of the file to open (or rather
> only the first letters of it). Then press Enter once. Do _not_ press
> Ctrl-L before you do this, just use typeahead as in any other list
> view.

This fragment of a solution is a good example of my problems with the GTK2
chooser.  It works fine, but *only* if the file path you want to type starts
with /  .  Typing relative paths, or paths that start with ~, leads to random
crazyness.

-- 
Peter Eckersley
Department of Computer Science   &                  mailto:pde@xxxxxxxxxxx 
IP Research Institute of Australia             http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/~pde
The University of Melbourne               
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