That's exactly what I'm suggesting.

If that isn't going to be implemented, then the wording of the dialogue
should be changed. As a user, if I see a dialogue that tells me that it
is offering to list "PDF files" then I expect it to... list the PDF
files.

I'm not sure that a few seconds of delay (especially if accompanied with
a "working" notification) is a problem. Given how long it takes to open
file dialogues in many applications (yes, OpenOffice.org, I'm thinking
of you), a few seconds doesn't seem to be much of a problem. But you may
not agree.

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I guess I see the following possibilities:

1. Do nothing. This basically means that the dialogue is misleading the
user.

2. Reword the dialogue. This would work, but would ultimately force the
user to switch to the "All files" option and find the file.

3. Replace the current "PDF Files" option with a proper search for PDF
files. This would work, but might cause a few seconds' delay. That
wouldn't bother me, but maybe it would bother other users.

4. Reword the dialogue AND add a new option that implements a proper
search for PDF files.

Personally, I'd put the desirability of these in the order:
  3, 4, 2, 1

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