Subject: Re: Abiword 0.7.11 File Open
From: David Shochat (shochat@acm.org)
Date: Mon Sep 25 2000 - 16:47:42 CDT
James Silverton wrote:
>
> Colin Mattoon wrote:
> >
> > Hi:
> >
> > Haven't been able to keep up with the mail lately, so perhaps this is
> > "plowed ground."
> >
> > Clicking on "File," and then on "Open," in the drop down menu, causes the
> > "File Open" screen to appear as it should. However, any attempt to select
> > a subdirectory merely causes the "File Open" screen to disappear and a new
> > Abiword screen to start. In other words, "File Open" doesn't distinguish
> > between directories and files within directories.
> >
> > So, for example, if I have two subdirectories under my /home directory,
> > ie: "/work_docs" and "/personal_docs," and I select the /work_docs
> > directory, Abiword opens a new document called "work_docs" rather than
> > displaying the documents within that directory.
> >
> > System: Slackware 7.0 with 2.2.14 kernel
> > Abiword version: abisuite-Linux_0.7.11_i386.static tar.gz
>
> Yes, I can confirm the same behavior with the 0.7.11 rpm version
> installed under SuSE 6.2 and KDE. I used the buttons but got the same
> result. The only thing that is some help is that the directory does
> change and, if the open file button is clicked again, you can select a
> file from the new directory. I don't know if this an old bug since I did
> not try with 0.7.10 and have overwritten that version.
>
I have duplicated this bug with the RedHat, RPM version. However, I
found that if you double-click the directory, rather than selecting it
and clicking Open, you will get the correct behavior (i.e. the dialog
will remain and descend into the directory).
-- David
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