Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Default mode for file dialog

2005-03-25 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, I had a look at the source and the file entry does indeed behave differently whether it is in Open or Save mode. After thinking about it a little, this even makes sense. If the entry would complete like it does in the Open dialog, it would be hard to enter filenames that match the first few ch

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Default mode for file dialog

2005-03-25 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Akkana Peck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I might be missing something. When should I hit the tab key? > > For instance, if I have a bunch of existing files called > gimptxt-[0-7].jpg and I want to save this one as gimptxt-8.jpg. I > type gim, and the dropdown pops up. If I hit tab now, no

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Default mode for file dialog

2005-03-25 Thread Akkana Peck
Sven Neumann writes: > > Naming conflicts in files are another reason I frequently expand > > the dialog. I often save successive images to similar names. > > For instance, I might have lesson6-step1.jpg, lesson6-step2.jpg, > > lesson7-step1, etc. The autocomplete in the dialog will only > > com

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Default mode for file dialog

2005-03-25 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thanks. That did at least allow me to locate the spec again: > > http://www.newplanetsoftware.com/xds/ > http://rox.sourceforge.net/xds.html > > Even though this page claims that GTK+ and KDE would support this > protocol, to my knowledge this is n

Drag and Drop Saving [was Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Default mode for file dialog]

2005-03-25 Thread Alan Horkan
On Thu, 24 Mar 2005, Pasi Savolainen wrote: > Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 23:22:00 + (UTC) > From: Pasi Savolainen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu > Subject: [Gimp-user] Re: Default mode for file dialog > Slightly OT: > I'd very much

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Default mode for file dialog

2005-03-25 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Jeffrey Brent McBeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Take a look at the ROX people. They were the ones pushing Direct Save. Thanks. That did at least allow me to locate the spec again: http://www.newplanetsoftware.com/xds/ http://rox.sourceforge.net/xds.html Even though this page claims t

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Default mode for file dialog

2005-03-25 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Akkana Peck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "Favorites" or "Bookmarks" that were always visible would help some > of the time, but not all of the time: I can't bookmark every > directory where I ever save images, so I tend to bookmark the > top of a hierarchy, then navigate down within that hie

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Default mode for file dialog

2005-03-25 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Akkana Peck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Naming conflicts in files are another reason I frequently expand > the dialog. I often save successive images to similar names. > For instance, I might have lesson6-step1.jpg, lesson6-step2.jpg, > lesson7-step1, etc. The autocomplete in the dialog

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Default mode for file dialog

2005-03-24 Thread Jeffrey Brent McBeth
On Fri, Mar 25, 2005 at 01:11:16AM +0100, Sven Neumann wrote: > There used to be a spec proposing a DND enhancement called Direct Save > or XDS. I have not been able to locate that again but this is > something that the file manager handling the desktop would have to > implement. If there is a wid

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Default mode for file dialog

2005-03-24 Thread Akkana Peck
(Regarding needing to expand the Save As dialog to show directories:) Pasi Savolainen writes: > I keep original photos in a separate directory tree. After modifying > them with gimp, they're saved in a folder of my choice. Which happens to > be never the one I open image from (and which is suggest

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Default mode for file dialog

2005-03-24 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Pasi Savolainen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm not Philip, but: > I keep original photos in a separate directory tree. After modifying > them with gimp, they're saved in a folder of my choice. Which happens to > be never the one I open image from (and which is suggested in > save-dialog),

[Gimp-user] Re: Default mode for file dialog

2005-03-24 Thread Pasi Savolainen
* Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > > Philip Stubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> How do I set the default mode for the file dialog. I have to expand >> the dialog every time I use it, and it is getting a little annoying. > > I'd like to know why you have to expand it every time you use