On Wed, 2012-02-29 at 22:22 +0000, Robert Pearce wrote: > Hello most excellent experts! > > I have an application from which I can save several types of files. > When the user wants to save something I use a Gtk::FileChooserDialog to > allow her to pick a file name. Since this is a save operation I > construct this with the Gtk::FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SAVE parameter. > > Now, suppose the user wants to create a brand new shiny file that > doesn't overwrite her previous results. Seems like exactly what this > option is supposed to allow. So why do I get: > > (vpctrl:22603): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to retrieve the file info for > `file:///home/rob/OVS/newLogger5.csv': Error stating file > '/home/rob/OVS/newLogger5.csv': No such file or directory > > It's a new file. It was chosen in a "save as..." dialog. Why would Gtk > want to try "stating" it? And even if it does, why produce a warning > for what must surely be the most common expected condition?
This might just be a problem in the version of GTK+ that you have. I haven't seen it, so maybe it is already fixed. It should not be hard for you to create a small C test case. -- Murray Cumming [email protected] www.murrayc.com www.openismus.com _______________________________________________ gtkmm-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtkmm-list
