Re: [Bug #3292] NSOpenPanel shouldn't use file extensiontotellfileor directory

[Jeff Teunissen]

Richard Frith-Macdonald wrote:

> On Tuesday, April 22, 2003, at 09:26  am, Jeff Teunissen wrote:

[snip]

> > The behavior is correct, unless we want to define a difference between
> > a file and a file package (i.e. a directory with a known extension).
> >
> > A Filename.rtfd directory is considered a file, because various apps
> > (like Ink and TextEdit) can open them as files. Likewise for
> > filename.prefs directories and the Preferences application.
> 
> I agree ... the current behavior is correct.
> 
> However, IIRC the NeXTstep workspace had a preferences setting for
> 'unix expert mode' and when in that mode, you had the option to
> 'open as directory' so that you could step into a bundle.  It might be
> worth supporting something similar.  I can't remember if that worked at
> the level of the OpenPanel though ... it may have only been a workspace
> application menu option.

It does not work at the level of open panels. "Open as Folder" is also not
dependant on "UNIX Expert" mode.

Note, I don't think that GNUstep should allow empty extensions to be
defined as types. That seems wrong on a number of levels, and I would
consider that to be a bug.

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