File filters [was Re: [Texmacs-dev] My patch - option groups]

[Joris van der Hoeven]

On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 06:22:33PM +0100, Miguel de Benito Delgado wrote:
> > Unfortunately, we discovered that the file chooser dialogues are
> > not very customizable. I actually would have liked to remove
> > the export and import menus alltogether and add a "format" field
> > to the open/save dialogue.
> 
> If I understand you well, this can be achieved using the "file filters"
> feature both in QT and in the native file dialogs both Win and MacOS. After
> we close the dialog we have a file name with the appropriate extension.
> Shouldn't that be enough?

I have the memory of Max telling me that this feature does not work
for the Cocoa version. Also, it is not just a file filter:
one would like a menu where the format can be specified.

Best, --Joris