Comment 5 for bug 384988

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Martitza (martitzam) wrote : Re: [Bug 384988] Re: File > Open does not follow shortcuts (soft links) on win32

That's fine. I understand that this is not a goal for BE.

I have not used Qt in a long time but the win32 file browser widgets (there
are several) usually accept "filters" to define what kinds of objects to
show.

Again: I think this is not a big deal for BE at all.

-M

On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 7:13 AM, Alexander Belchenko <email address hidden> wrote:

> Add to chat talk: by default last argument will be
> QFileDialog.ShowDirsOnly, i.e. symlinks should be resolved.
>
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> File > Open does not follow shortcuts (soft links) on win32
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/384988
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> Status in Bazaar Explorer: New
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> Bug description:
> The summary pretty much says it. The "file browser" for File Open does not
> show directory shortcuts on Windows. I use symlinks a lot to minimize
> drilling down into my filesystem.
>