GTK dialogs can always show hidden folders, just right click and click "Show Hidden Folders."
Molle Bestefich wrote: > Neil Skrypuch wrote: >> I can't say I've ever seen that. What apps in particular? > > Can't remember offhand. > I was annoyed enough by it to create the symlink at one point. > >> Both the standard Qt open file dialog and the Gtk open file dialog >> work fine >> with . directories for me, which doesn't leave many apps that could not >> work. > > No, that's not true.. The behaviour of the dialogs depend on the app > somehow. > > AFAIR, I've seen Qt dialogs activate the .wine folder as a selection > or cancel the dialog instead of descending into it, and Gtk dialogs > completely unable to display hidden folders. But I've also seen that > some Qt apps work fine. > > Sorry I can't provide any more details, it's not like I make a habit > of remembering this stuff :-). > > (... And it still wasn't my main point, either ;-).) > > >
