Ted Gould <ted@...11...> writes:
-- There is currently no parameter type for "filename". If there was a parameter type for it, it's widget could be a file chooser. I'm a touch uncomfortable with this though, as it seems like in general, if you're dealing with files it should either be an input/output/import type of thing. I realized that we need a way to do multiple files (for things like the "Save As Webpage"), but that's not the case here. What it comes down to for me is: "Yes, it could be easily added, but *should* it be?" I don't see the usecase for it.
I think that as far as extensions are concerned, adding possibilities creates the usecases. You never know what extension developpers will come up with.
Here are two possible usecases.
-Extensions like l-system could be much more confortable to work with if it was possible to describe the l-system in a separate file. -Another possibility would be «tile along bitmap» in tile with clone: you select a bitmap, and you do a clone tiling, except that you remove the tiles that correspond to the pixels where the pixmap is white. This one would be a really nice addition to clone tiling.
Neither of these are implementable as import/input things.
Morality: "Yes, we can!"
Oh, and by the way, a "group" or "svg item" parameter type would kick ass too.
Florent