Re: Selecting files through the location bar

[Dave Bordoley <bordoley msu edu>]

On Thu, 2003-02-06 at 09:02, Alexander Larsson wrote:
> 
> While this would be nice it also affects the semantics of typed uris a 
> lot. Files may contain "*" in the name for instance. These would then need 
> to be escaped by the user etc. "*" and other globs may also have specific 
> meanings in other uri-schemes than file:.
> 

Perhaps we can add some sort of filter dialog or drop down sheet, that
allows the user to filter files somehow. Another benefit of this would
be to avoid wierd unix semantics in favor of a friendlier interface.

dave