Re: [LAU] file browser in qtractor?

Rui Nuno Capela wrote:
> Grammostola Rosea wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is it possible to have a file browser in Qtractor like you have in
>> energyxt or lmms?
>>
>> In qtractor I only see the files which I have added as track or midi.
>>
>> Wouldn't it be useful if I have a browser so I can easily pick out
>> some samples from my 'samples' directory, some midi files from my
>> 'midi' directory, saved project files etc. ?
>>
>
> yeah, i've thought about having one and adding it is pretty easy in
> fact (Qt has a drop in solution for just that:). however, i always
> concluded it was about adding yet another file browser to the bloat :)
>
> take note that you can always use whatever your favorite file manager
> / browser is and drag-and-drop external files into qtractor (eg. from
> your 'samples' directory) provided it supports a dnd protocol of
> course. this is the most obvious reason why there's no file browser in
> qtractor: you can use your own, which i'm certainly will be the
> fittest to purpose.
>
> i'll reconsider though, if demand gets overwhelming ;)
>
> cheers.
Ok, thanks for that information... we will wait and see.

I think with such features developers should also think about the people
who are not Linux geeks or are converts from a other OS.... and who
doesn't knows that you can do it with any filemanager.
They just want user friendly and nice looking apps ;)

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Received on Tue Oct 14 20:15:02 2008