Re: FormPreferences patch

[Lars Gullik Bjønnes]

Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

| Note that the new functions are more sophisticated than the old ones. In 
| particular, they can tell you WHY the dir/file isn't read/writeable.

I feel that this is a bit too much of hand holding. And they are not
core support functions... I'd say move them to frontends.
(I'd really hate to see code like:
 string dummy;
 if (ReadableFile(file, dummy)) { ... } )


| Note also, that a writeable file need not yet exist but the directory should 
| be writeable.
| 
| Allan wrote them because he wanted the feedback for the "idiot
| user". I 

We don't have idiot users.

        Lgb