Mail Archives: geda-user/2012/07/08/13:26:14
On Sun, Jul 08, 2012 at 09:42:14AM -0700, Eric Brombaugh wrote:
> On 07/08/2012 12:55 AM, Patrick Bernaud wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >Eric Brombaugh writes:
> > > [...]
> > > when I updated my main linux machine to Fedora 17. F17 is GTK 3 based
> > > and it appears that the behavior of the file chooser dialog has changed
> > > in that it no longer defaults to the current directory when
> > > gtk_file_chooser_set_current_folder() isn't called to set it. Instead it
> > > presents you with a useless list of recently accessed files.
> >
> >Please note this problem has already been reported as bug #855621 [1]
> >and a patch has been proposed.
>
> Interesting. That patch approaches the problem from a very different
> perspective than mine. That patch treats the bug like a problem with
> pcb, while mine views it more like a deficiency in GTK. Hard for me
> to say which is the better solution.
>
Well, IMNSHO it's a problem in Gtk+, since they're the ones who broke it,
they have a culture that encourages breaking things like that, and they
have a history of irresponsible, deliberate regressions.
Further, I like your patch better because it uses glib functions instead
of <unistd.h> ones, so we won't have dependency problems with Windows.
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Andrew Poelstra
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