Joe Smith wrote: > Frank Schönheit - Sun Microsystems Germany wrote: >> Hi Mathias, >> >>>> Sounds like the decision to remove the box was perhaps ... premature? >>> No, just the way it was done is wrong. We should do it the following >>> way: if the file name contains something that looks like an extension, >>> leave it alone. If it doesn't contain a "dot", add the extension. This >>> "simulates" the automatic removal of auto-extension for all names >>> containing dots. >> >> This implies that if your file name contains a dot, you need to specify >> the desired extension automatically, where previously you could rely on >> OOo adding it. >> ... >> So, with the AutoExtension option, there's a trap for a certain class of >> users. Without it, there's a trap, too. I am uncertain, actually, which >> one is worse. > > Even though a general solution is probably impossible, a general > solution may not be necessary. > > Is it necessary to do this for all file types? E.g., if the file type is > ODF, is there a use case for not adding the standard file extension? Not > that I can think of, other than perhaps "odf_doc.zip" or "odf_doc.jar", > which is not common enough to worry about. > > As far as I can see, there are only a few specific situations where this > would be commonly needed, such as saving a CSV file as "data.txt".
You must have read my thoughts. :-) Exactly, I think there are only two kinds of files where supporting user defined extensions might be needed: txt/csv and xml. In all other cases the extension and the format belong to each other. So we shouldn't talk about "foo.bar", this is developer's blabla ;-) that users are not interested in. But we have a real use case like the one you described. We are currently looking into this and try to find out to implement this behavior. Without going into details I can say that this is a little bit tricky. Ciao, Mathias -- Mathias Bauer (mba) - Project Lead OpenOffice.org Writer OpenOffice.org Engineering at Sun: http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS Please don't reply to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". I use it for the OOo lists and only rarely read other mails sent to it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
