Re: [AD] Re: file_select_ex patch

[Michal Molhanec <michal@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris wrote:
> On Friday 16 September 2005 08:17 am, Michal Molhanec wrote:
>
> > anyway, I'm strictly against the original patch for DOS/Windows
> > platforms as readonly flag for directories on them is meaningless so no
> > behaviour should be based on it
>
> Just because DOS/Windows as an OS doesn't implement proper read-only directory 
> behavior doesn't mean a program shouldn't respect the flag.

wow, there is some international standard of proper read-only directory 
handling... ISO or IEC at least I guess? :-)

> so why shouldn't the same apply to read-only 
> directories?

it can easily happen to have readonly dir on disk, e.g. by copying 
something from CD or other ro medium. this could not normally happen 
with hidden flag

> And as I also said on IRC, who is going to use -r anyway? GTK/Qt/Windows apps 
> don't even hide read-only files for 'save as...' dialogs. They let you pick 
> them, and if the operation can't be done it throws an error. 

so why not to implement it that way too?

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Regards,
    Michal

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