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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: Thoughts about the "Open document" dialog
From:       Nicolas Goutte <nicog () snafu ! de>
Date:       2002-01-14 20:27:17
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On Monday 14 January 2002 03:39, David Faure wrote:
> On Monday 14 January 2002 00:33, Nicolas Goutte wrote:
> > On Sunday 13 January 2002 12:46, David Faure wrote:
> > > On Sunday 13 January 2002 08:46, Clarence Dang wrote:
> > > (...)
> > >
> > > > 2. Because of the previous point, the Filter drop-down-list-box
>
> (whatever
>
> > > > it's called :)), should not only have "All supported files", but it
> > > > should also have "All files" (to reveal those files that _could_ be
> > > > opened).  And "All supported files" should probably be renamed to
> > > > "All known supported files".
> > >
> > > Hmm, the logic behind this might not appear to the user.
> > > "I have All Files and All Supported Files - what good is it to choose a
> > > file that isn't supported ?"
> >
> > I regret very much that the "All File" entry has been removed on purpose.
>
> I didn't say that, I think it rather hasn't been added ;)
>
> > The problem is that without it, you cannot open "border-case" files, like
> > files without extensions (for example: README, TODO...)
>
> Wrong, such files are detected as text/plain by KMimeMagic.
> At least in Konqueror.
> I wonder if there isn't something wrong with KMimeMagic and KFileDialog, I
> can't see msword files in kfiledialog although they appear with the correct
> mimetype in konqueror....
> Yes, that's it. Text files without extensions don't appear, nor do msword
> files, i.e. everything that uses KMimeMagic. Cc'ing Carsten, hoping for a
> KFileDialog fix :)

Ah, good! You think that it is a bug.

>
> > And as KDE dialog do not support to have a star * as file name and
> > therefore to display every file, it is even more necessary.
>
> The file dialog supports * in the filter combo ! (i.e. not in the name, but
> below it).

Oops! I have totally missed that the filter is editable. Nice feature! And 
yes, there is now a way to show all files.

Have a nice day/evening/night!
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