By chance, I discovered a patch (see the bug's URL for more information and screenshots) for gtk+-2.2.4 which adds a nicer (REALLY) file selector dialog. After testing it a little bit, I modified the current gtk+-2.2.4 ebuild (r1) to add the patch during emerge. As far as I can see, it works for me (tm) -- the patch seems to preserve ABI compatibility, as I hadn't to relink anything. Can someone test this stuff and report how it works? If yes, I'd like to see the patch added to the standard gtk+ ebuild (even if it does provide only 85% i18n/l10n). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Download the provided archive and unpack to /usr/local/portage 2. Run "emerge gtk+" 3. Start any GTK+/GNOME application and use the "File->Open" dialog. Actual Results: Whoohoo! Expected Results: Whoohoo!
Created attachment 24392 [details] Complete set of files for the PORTDIR_OVERLAY (with digests) as a tar/bz2-archive. This archive contains the complete x11-libs/gtk+ subtree for unpacking into PORTDIR_OVERLAY. The digests are generated and the patch has been added.
i'd say wait until the next GTK+ release :P
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Does this mean "No.", "Maybe..." or "Go away!"?
This basicly means no, it has no priority. We are aware of several different filedialog patches, but don't think it's a good idea to move from one to the next and have a completely different selector in a few weeks.
Sadly true. As such, I will change the bug's resolution to WONTFIX and <sniff> wait until GNOME 2.6 is released...
*** Bug 39745 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***