Add FileChooserDialog and FileSaverDialog; these are experimental modal dialogs intended as replacements for FileList2>modalFileSelector, FileChooser, StandardFileMenu and several other ugly horrors.
Class comment in Squeak 5.1
I am model that can be used to navigate the host file system. By omitting the volume list, file list, and template panes from the view, I can also be used as the model for an editor on an individual file.
The FileList now provides a registration mechanism to which any tools the filelist uses MUST register. This way it is possible to dynamically load or unload a new tool and have the FileList automatically updated. This change supports a decomposition of Squeak and removes a problem with dead reference to classes after a major shrink.
Tools should implement the following methods (look for implementors in the image):
#fileReaderServicesForFile:suffix: (appropriate services for given file, takes a file name and a lowercased suffix)
#services (all provided services, to be displayed in full list)
These methods both return a collection of SimpleServiceEntry instances. These contain a class, a menu label and a method selector having one argument. They may also provide separate button labels and description.
The argument to the specified method will be a string representing the full name of a file when one is selected or the file list itself when there is no selected file.
Tools must register with the FileList calling the class method #registerFileReader: when they load. They also must call #unregisterFileReader: when they unload.
There is a testSuite called FileListTest that presents some examples.
Stef (I do not like really this distinction passing always a file list could be better)
Old Comments:
FileLists can now see FTP servers anywhere on the net. In the volume list menu:
fill in server info... Gives you a form to register a new ftp server you want to use.
open server... Choose a server to connect to.
local disk Go back to looking at your local volume.
Still undone (you can contribute code):
[ ] Using a Proxy server to get out through a firewall. What is the convention for proxy servers with FTP?
[ ] Fill in the date and size info in the list of remote files. Allow sorting by it. New smarts needed in (ServerDirectory fileNameFormattedFrom:sizePad:sortMode:).
[ ] Currently the FileList has no way to delete a directory. Since you can't select a directory without going into it, it would have to be deleting the current directory. Which would usually be empty.
