Subject: Re: commit -- [manifesto] no more mangling
From: Martin Sevior (msevior@mccubbin.ph.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Sat Jun 10 2000 - 18:14:43 CDT
On Sat, 10 Jun 2000, Aaron Lehmann wrote:
> Juan,
>
> Thanks for your feedback. It would be very simple to make a checkbox for
> "append extension" in the UNIX file selection dialog. If you would like, I
> will do this.
Please do. I would go far as to say it should be the default.
> However, I think it would be awkward to put in the file
> selection dialog - it would be easier to type .abw than to reach for a
> checkbox, at least in my opinion. Maybe this would be best implemented as
> a preference item. Someone who knows more about the preferences system
> would have to do that.
>
I agree. Someday I will learn unless I don't have to because someone else
will always do it for us.
Any takers? There is LOTS of work in getting this all sorted out through
the options and styles dialogs too.
Cheers!
MArtin
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