Re: Re: xmms-devel Digest, Vol 4, Issue 5

Well, one way to compromise would be to use something like Meta-/ for the
tab completion instead (ala emacs).

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On Mon, 9 Feb 2004, Collin E Borrlewyn wrote:

> Patrick Markiewicz wrote:
> > If you're going to embark on making a new GUI, I'd appreciate if you
> > left the file load window the same.  I love that TAB completion in
> > the file load window.  It seems like that's the only GUI that uses
> > that, and it is painfully missed by me in any other file dialog
> > (Windows/Linux/Mozilla/KDE/Other GTK Dialogs, etc).
> >
> > Probably my only gripe is that it would be way cool to have a hot key
> > that added the MP3s listed during a TAB complete, as opposed to
> > selecting them and clicking them.
> >
> > I definitely have the ability to add a change like that, but I am a
> > bit on the lazy side.  I'm more of an ideas person than an
> > implementor.  I wish I was more of an implementor of my ideas.
>
> There are some good people working on sprucing up the GTK file selector
> (google will find the links to mockups). The current one is really bad,
> except for that one feature you mentoion. I really like the feature, but
> unfortunately it really DOES badly break the Tab-To-Move-Between-Widgets
> behavior. I've not been able to think up a satisfactory way to
> compromize between the two.
>
> I have a feeling the new selector wont even try a compromize; it will be
> out with the old standby and in with the new standard. Very sad.
>
>
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