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Robert L Cochran cochranb at speakeasy.net
Mon Aug 4 20:52:47 UTC 2003


Thanks a lot, Owen, for setting me straight!

Bob Cochran



On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 15:13, Owen Taylor wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 13:22, Robert L Cochran wrote:
> > Hi Elton,
> > 
> > Mutt sees files with a leading dot just fine. But Evolution doesn't for
> > some reason. I know I could have renamed the file, but I hate doing that
> > because later I forget why I renamed it and hence what it is there for.
> > I could have renamed it, sent it to Daniel, and then immediately deleted
> > it, true. I'm not making much sense. I resent Evolution's not being able
> > to "see" and attach these files -- it's a sign of a poorly programmed
> > application. 
> 
> A) It's the GTK+ file selector, not Evolution
> 
> B) If you type the name into file selector explicitely it will
>    work fine.
> 
> C) Rather more obscurely, .<TAB> will show all files starting
>    with .
> 
> D) Yes, we know that the current GTK+ file selector has
>    a poor UI. GTK+-2.4 will have an entirely different
>    and opefully better widget.
> 
> Regards,
> 					Owen
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