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XsraSelFile File Selection Dialog Package
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This directory contains the XsraSelFile file selection dialog package. This
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package allows an application to obtain a filename from a user. The filename is
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selected by typing in a text widget or by browsing with the mouse in directory
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The following is a brief description of the available features.
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When the user types a filename in the Text widget, SelFile shows the
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possible completions in the directory listings. The user can hit the space
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bar to complete the filename.
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* fast directory reading
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When a directory is opened, the entries are read and sorted. Then the stats
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of only the first screenful of entries are taken, and these entries are
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displayed. The stats of the other entries are taken upon demand (i.e. when
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the user wishes to see them by scrolling, etc.) or in the background. The
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Xt work procedure facility is used to do background work. The idea here is
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to give the user some feedback as soon as possible.
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"It's just an illu--sion" :-)
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* Xaw and/or Xw widgets
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SelFile can be linked with Xaw (Athena) and/or Xw (Hewlett-Packard)
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widgets. Normally, SelFile is linked with the R3 or a later version of the
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Xt Intrinsics, but it can be linked with the R2 Xt. See the Imakefile for
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* automatic display update after directory modification
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Every now and then SelFile looks at the directories being displayed to see
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if they have been updated, and updates the display accordingly. Similarly,
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file modes are checked (but not as often).
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* tilde (~) for home directories
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When the user types a tilde at the beginning of the Text widget, SelFile
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shows the home directories.
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This work is loosely based on (and the name comes from) an earlier X10 SelFile
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by Michiharu `NinjaTerm' Ariza.
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Admittedly, this X11 SelFile also looks a bit like the directory browser on the
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comments (particularly about ideas in the TODO file)
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or any other type of feedback
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erik%sra.co.jp@uunet.uu.net
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erik%sra.co.jp@mcvax.uucp
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try junet instead of co.jp
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Software Research Associates, Inc.
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1-1-1 Hirakawa-cho, Chiyoda-ku
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Tokyo 102 Japan. TEL +81-3-234-2692