Re: [Inkscape-devel] GTK file dialogs on Windows

18 Jun 2008

      Hi, all,
Actually, considering that the pre-existing Gtkmm dialog is not new,
but is actually compiled along with the new native dialog, I would
think that the possibility of using either should be simple.
But making it runtime selectable rather than compile-time selectable
is the issue, I think.  There need not be a GUI for it, so there
is no "user disconcertion" problem. (BTW, I don't look to
Mr Spolsky's site for software wisdom).
If it -is- a compile time switch, then it should be according to
capabilities, rather than according to platform:
#ifdef WIN32  <-  not settable
#ifdef HAVE_NATIVE_WIN32_FILECHOOSER   <-- easily settable
In fact, I believe that we have had a general "style" of avoiding
platform-specific switches as much as possible.
bob
-----Original Message-----
...
From: Joel Holdsworth <joel@...1709...>
Sent: Jun 18, 2008 9:15 AM
To: Bill Baxter <wbaxter@...400...>
Cc: "inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net" inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] GTK file dialogs on Windows
Can I suggest you add shortcuts into your My Documents folder to link to
the places you want to go to. Either that, or you can customise the
places bar by modifying your registry as explained here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc300434.aspx
I specifically want to avoid adding more preferences for things like
this if possible. This article explains why:
http://www106.pair.com/rhp/free-software-ui.html
Does that make sense? What do you think?
All the best
Joel
On Wed, 2008-06-18 at 11:14 +0900, Bill Baxter wrote:
...
I didn't realize these new native file dialogs on Windows were going
to completely replace the GTK ones.
I actually find the GTK ones to be easier to use because of those
handy user links you can make on the left, and because of the way
incremental search works.
I figured there would be something in Preferences to bring back the
GTK dialog, but I couldn't find such a thing. Is it just hiding from
me somewhere?
--bb

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] GTK file dialogs on Windows

Bob Jamison