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From: ddave@pnet02.cts.com (David Donley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Standard File Requesters
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Date: 16 May 89 05:00:15 GMT
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dillon@POSTGRES.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) writes:
>:	- Asynchronous directory scans, allowing a selection to be
>:	  made while still reading in a directory.
>
>	I agree, but displaying the files as the directory is being scanned
>	is quite distracting to me and I usually end up waiting for it to
>	settle down before looking at what is available.
>
>	Perhaps allow the user to change the directory name string gadget
>	and or file name while scanning asynchronously (i.e. abort the scan
>	and start it over the moment he hits return on the directory, and
>	abort the scan and return from the requester the moment he hits 
>	return on the file string gadget)
>
>:	- Keyboard filename completion.  Typing "m" will highlight
>:	  the first file/directory beginning with "m", and so on.
>
>	That would be nice... as the person is typing continuously restrict
>the list being displayed to what matches the input string*.  This would be
>extremely useful.  Have another character, ESC, automatically complete the
>filename for you (it should not be done automatically when the routine
>determines only one unique name exists because the user will still be
>typing!)
>
>:	- Responds to Intuition insert/eject messages.
>
>	For the master volume list, you mean?  yah.
>
>:	- Wildcards and multiple file selection where appropriate.
>
>	As a restricting mechanism.  It would be nice to be able to type
>"*/*" and then page through the list of files before making your final
>selection(s).
>
>:Any thoughts?  Any answers?  Any tee ell ay en dee?
>:
>:				< Lionel
>
>				-Matt

People who are still using floppy drives will be very upset at having to wait
for the directory to finish...  People who have hard disks can wait for the
directory if they want it to settle down... :-)

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