I would definitely agree with that comment, especially in my own pet-peeve case: file-selector
widget sorting. GTK/Gnome has the setting to sort folders separately from files fixed in
stone (well, in the source code, but it might as well be in granite), with a snarky little
comment about how this is the One True Way and it will Always Be That Way. Fortunately, a
little snip-snip with the editor, and a recompile, and the One True Way disappears into the
ether. :) When I say I want things sorted by last-modified date, that's exactly what I mean,
d*** it. It doesn't matter that the last-modified thing is a folder or not--whatever it is,
put it at the top (or the bottom, if the sort is reversed)!
Posted Apr 24, 2008 7:59 UTC (Thu) by debacle (subscriber, #7114)
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Could you please post, where I have to change this? Patch or filename+number would be OK. TIA.
Do the actually not like their users?
Posted Apr 24, 2008 16:53 UTC (Thu) by allesfresser (subscriber, #216)
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When I patched it out before, it was lines 5644 to 5707 of
gtk+-2.10.14/gtk/gtkfilechooserdefault.c. You'll probably be able to see what to cut out and
rearrange (essentially, remove the COMPARE_DIRECTORIES macro calls). I'm grabbing 2.12.9
right now, and I'll see if it's the same way--if so, I'll post a diff.
Do the actually not like their users?
Posted Apr 24, 2008 17:04 UTC (Thu) by allesfresser (subscriber, #216)
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It is still the same in 2.12.9. Following is a patch. I didn't choose to remove the definition for the COMPARE_DIRECTORIES macro, because it won't make any difference in the generated code, but you can take it out if you want to be extra-neat.