[Gimp-user] Win32: Use standard Windows File Open/Save dialog

[Dotan Cohen]

2009/1/3 Heinrich Moser <usenet at heinzi.at>:
> Is it possible to make GIMP use the "default" Windows File Open/Save
> dialog*, for example, by setting some secret configuration option? I
> remember that there was a plug-in for this a long time ago (which
> added "Windows Open" and "Windows Save As" menu options) but I cannot
> find that anymore.
>

There seems to be a NIH syndrome in many programs, Gimp included,
where the devs feel (possibly rightly in many cases) that they must
reimplement core OS functionality. File Chooser dialogs are among the
most visible (and annoying) of these cases. Although you use Windows,
here is my Kubuntu bug about the situation:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kubuntu-meta/+bug/281834

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