[Gimp-user] Script-fu SF-FILENAME don't show the default setting

[Pere Pujal i Carabantes]

On Wed, 2007-08-29 at 01:17 +0200, Pere Pujal i Carabantes wrote:

> When using SF-FILENAME, if the file exist, the name of the file is
> shown
> in the button, but if the file does not exist, ie. has to be created,
> there is "(none)" in the button.
> 
> Is there a way to show the name on the button even if the file does
> not
> exist? 

After some try/error and a look at the code, it seems not. 

SF-Filename uses gtk_file_chooser_button, and acording to
http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtk/2.10/GtkFileChooserButton.html#id3631060
gtk_file_chooser_button only supports the GtkFileChooserActions
GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_OPEN and GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SELECT_FOLDER,
not the GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SAVE

GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_OPEN Indicates open mode. The file chooser will
only let the user pick an existing file. 
GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SAVE Indicates save mode. The file chooser will
let the user pick an existing file, or type in a new filename.


So, if someone like I wants to write a nonexistent file, and this file
has to be selected by the user, the obvious solution is to use
SF-DIRNAME to get the directory and follow a SF-STRING to get the
filename.
After that, a (string-append dirname "/" filename) in the code gives the
full path.

Yours
Pere