Hi Rich, >> Also, I consider this a regression, and an unwanted side effect of the >> removal. As far as I know, the intention was that now the dialog should >> behave as if the "Automatic file name extension" option is always on. >> However, when you try this in OOo 2.3.1, then the extension is only >> added when there is no other extension. Today, the extension is always >> added, which is merely nonsense, IMO. > > wouldn't that fail to work with filenames that include dots ? > i quite often use filenames like 2008.01.09-something. > older versions of oo.org mocked me by replacing 09-something with he > extension :)
Hmm, you're right. Which means we can either have the current behavior - you cannot store files with extensions not foreseen by the problem -, or the old behavior where file names with dots where crippled. Sounds like the decision to remove the box was perhaps ... premature? With the check box, we had the second problem, but could prevent it. Without the box, we have the first problem, but cannot prevent it anymore. :( One idea might be to separate the information which today is collected in the filters: That is, if you select e.g. the "Text (.txt)" filter, then this implies a) your file will be stored as plain text and b) your file will automatically get the extension .txt. Separating this in the UI could solve the problem. However, I think it's hard to come up with something which really provides a good user experience here. Ciao Frank -- - Frank Schönheit, Software Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - Sun Microsystems http://www.sun.com/staroffice - - OpenOffice.org Base http://dba.openoffice.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
