:: On Fri, 2 Jun 2000 21:40:33 -0700, "Eric G . Miller" <egm2@jps.net> said:
>> Did you try typing a dot and then <tab>? ;-) >> >> J. > Yes, but that doesn't negate the fact that the interface is lacking. > That functionality is not obvious. The user shouldn't need to read a > doc on using a file/open dialog box. One of the purposes of the GUI is > to provide visual ques/options/etc. for the user so they don't have to > remember all kinds of small arcana and can focus on performing the task > at hand. Hm, yes, I agree. I probably didn't realize that this wouldn't be natural for one who's not used to bash tab-completion... When I didn't see my hidden files there, I instinctively hit dot-tab. :-) Anyway, you're right. There should be some preference setting, or some little box one could click. J. -- Jeronimo Pellegrini Institute of Computing - Unicamp - Brazil http://www.ic.unicamp.br/~jeronimo mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
