Re: [Bug-gnubg] Other Import suggestions

[Joern Thyssen]

On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 01:51:51PM -0300, Albert Silver wrote
> Hi,
>  
>             I wanted to suggest that information on dates/times also be
> included with the file information in the Import dialogue. The reason is
> that I play a good amount of games on GG and enjoy importing them.
> However, I don't always remember the exact filename which is necessary
> when looking for a specific match against an opponent I have already
> played. For example, I played 5 matches against an opponent over the
> period of 3 days, but when importing the last ones, I wsn't sure which
> one was the most recent one. If I could just click on a column with the
> date/time information, automatically re-ordering the files according to
> this, it would always be easy to find the last match I played.
>             Finally, I think it would be more practical if the program
> would filter out files that are not related to the extension I am
> searching. In other words, if I'm searching for .mat files in a
> directory, that it always display ONLY files with that extension. I
> understand someone mentioned this wasn't necessary for non-Windows
> versions, but of course, my suggestion is at least specifically for the
> Windows versions, and any others where it might apply.

Unfortunately we use a standard widget for the file selection dialog,
which do not support all these nice features. I tried to look for a more
advanced one [*] but couldn't find any... 

Jørn

[*] I'm not writing one myself :-)

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