Re: XForms: file selectors in 0.86

Frank Stefani (EAD-Frank.Stefani@t-online.de)
Mon, 16 Jun 1997 08:12:45 +0200

To subscribers of the xforms list from EAD-Frank.Stefani@t-online.de (Frank Stefani) :

Tristan Savatier wrote:

> I think that the first item listed in a file selector
> (i.e. ". D" = current directory) is useless. It
> just wastes one line of valuable screen real-estate!
>
> Most other file selectors that I found don't bother
> listing ".".

I disagree! I often create or move files, even with an opened
file selector. If I double click an the ". D" I can easily
reread the directory contenst, which I find to be very handy.

If that point was disabled I had to chdir up and back again instead...

So, for my sake, keep it!

Frank.

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