** Description changed: - This would be nice so that users could use the system filechooser on - graphical mode, and have tab completion on text mode, rather than - writing a freeform string. + This would be nice so that users could use the system filechooser on graphical mode, and have tab completion on text mode, rather than writing a freeform string. + The 'file doesn't exist yet' usecase should be usable, too, so i guess GUI mode still needs a text field, but a button to drill down, and a simple validation that the thing is indeed a validfile name would be nice. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: debconf 1.5.46ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-21.32-generic 3.5.7.1 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-21-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu9 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Jan 1 19:34:08 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-12-25 (372 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: debconf UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-20 (73 days ago)
** Description changed: This would be nice so that users could use the system filechooser on graphical mode, and have tab completion on text mode, rather than writing a freeform string. - The 'file doesn't exist yet' usecase should be usable, too, so i guess GUI mode still needs a text field, but a button to drill down, and a simple validation that the thing is indeed a validfile name would be nice. + The 'file doesn't exist yet' usecase should be usable, too, so i guess GUI mode still needs a text field, but a button/filechooser to drill down, and a simple validation that the thing is indeed a validfile name would be nice. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: debconf 1.5.46ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-21.32-generic 3.5.7.1 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-21-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu9 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Jan 1 19:34:08 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-12-25 (372 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: debconf UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-20 (73 days ago) ** Description changed: This would be nice so that users could use the system filechooser on graphical mode, and have tab completion on text mode, rather than writing a freeform string. - The 'file doesn't exist yet' usecase should be usable, too, so i guess GUI mode still needs a text field, but a button/filechooser to drill down, and a simple validation that the thing is indeed a validfile name would be nice. + The 'file doesn't exist yet' usecase should be usable, too, so i guess GUI mode still needs a text field, but most filechooser have those. + + A simple validation that the thing is indeed a validfile name would be + nice too. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: debconf 1.5.46ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-21.32-generic 3.5.7.1 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-21-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu9 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Jan 1 19:34:08 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-12-25 (372 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: debconf UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-20 (73 days ago) ** Description changed: This would be nice so that users could use the system filechooser on graphical mode, and have tab completion on text mode, rather than writing a freeform string. - The 'file doesn't exist yet' usecase should be usable, too, so i guess GUI mode still needs a text field, but most filechooser have those. + The 'file doesn't exist yet' usecase should be usable, too, so i guess GUI mode still needs a text field, but most filechoosers have those (haven't seen one without yet on linux). A simple validation that the thing is indeed a validfile name would be nice too. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: debconf 1.5.46ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-21.32-generic 3.5.7.1 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-21-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu9 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Jan 1 19:34:08 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-12-25 (372 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: debconf UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-20 (73 days ago) ** Description changed: This would be nice so that users could use the system filechooser on graphical mode, and have tab completion on text mode, rather than writing a freeform string. The 'file doesn't exist yet' usecase should be usable, too, so i guess GUI mode still needs a text field, but most filechoosers have those (haven't seen one without yet on linux). A simple validation that the thing is indeed a validfile name would be - nice too. + nice too, but not really necessary. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: debconf 1.5.46ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-21.32-generic 3.5.7.1 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-21-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu9 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Jan 1 19:34:08 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-12-25 (372 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: debconf UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-20 (73 days ago) ** Description changed: This would be nice so that users could use the system filechooser on graphical mode, and have tab completion on text mode, rather than writing a freeform string. The 'file doesn't exist yet' usecase should be usable, too, so i guess GUI mode still needs a text field, but most filechoosers have those (haven't seen one without yet on linux). A simple validation that the thing is indeed a validfile name would be - nice too, but not really necessary. + nice too, at least for the CLI-mode. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: debconf 1.5.46ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-21.32-generic 3.5.7.1 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-21-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu9 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Jan 1 19:34:08 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-12-25 (372 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: debconf UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-20 (73 days ago) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1095115 Title: RFE: add a new File debconf template type To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debconf/+bug/1095115/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
