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List:       kde-commits
Subject:    Re: kdelibs/kfile
From:       David Faure <david () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date:       2001-06-01 8:59:30
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On Friday 01 June 2001 07:17, Torsten Rahn wrote:
> >> Ok... what are the needs in KOffice? I mean, the geometry requirements.
> >> Could the extension be below the filedialog or does it have to be on 
> >> either side, left or right?
> > Currently there are only two filter dialogs:
> > the CSV one (import/export) and the HTML-export one.
> 
> Personally I think (mis-)using the preview to show the filter-options is the 
> wrong way. In windows there are quite a lot of filters which use much more 
> import-options (for PS e.g.) than would fit on the available space here.

Yes, and I realized that there is also the case where the filter is invoked from
the command line, and in that case it has to pop up its own dialog.

Maybe we should just drop the idea of integrating into KFileDialog, and simply
pop up a dialog after the filename has been chosen. Less hassle, more screen
space, and allows to use the same dialog in all cases (including when
starting a filter from commandline).

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David FAURE, david@mandrakesoft.com, faure@kde.org
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