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Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2012 10:12:23 +0200
From: Ivan Stankovic <pokemon AT fly DOT srk DOT fer DOT hr>
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] gtk hid file chooser problems
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On Sat, Jul 07, 2012 at 09:18:30PM -0700, Andrew Poelstra wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 07, 2012 at 03:26:38PM -0700, Eric Brombaugh wrote:
> > Hello list,
> > 
> > I'm a long-time user who's been off list for a while. I'm running
> > the latest snapshot pcb-20110918. The tools have been "just working"
> > for so long that I haven't needed any support. However, that changed
> > recently 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.
> >
> 
> Yes, it's very, very irritating.

Absolutely irritating, yes, and the problem is present with gtk 2.24
as well. I believe the behaviour was introduced by this change:

http://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk+/commit/?h=gtk-2-24&id=ca74dc6a873bb375bb2abc3ea7642ed41e9f6e79

Author:     Federico Mena Quintero <federico AT gnome DOT org>
AuthorDate: Tue Jun 28 17:17:22 2011 -0500

    Start in recently-used mode when no folder is set

    In RELOAD_EMPTY mode, when no folder has been selected by the calling app, we now
    start showing the recently-used list.  The rationale is as follows:

      - In Open mode, the user is likely to pick a file he has used recently.

      - In Save mode, the user is likely to want a destination folder which
        he has used recently.

    For the Save case, where we want to present the user with recent folders instead
    of recent files, we will make the recent-list do so in subsequent commits.


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