About:
gtkbfc (GTK+ bash file chooser) is a hack that replaces the slow and hard-to-use GTK+ file chooser with an rxvt-unicode window that runs a little script that lets you use readline (and tab-completion) to enter filenames.

Author:
Marc A. Lehmann [contact developer]

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8.47/10.00 (1 vote)

Homepage:
http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/gtkbfc.html
Tar/GZ:
http://data.plan9.de/gtkbfc.tar.gz
CVS tree (cvsweb):
http://cvs.schmorp.de/gtkbfc

Trove categories: [change]

[Development Status]		3 - Alpha
[Environment]		Plugins, X11 Applications :: GTK
[License]		OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3
[Operating System]		Unix
[Topic]		Desktop Environment :: File Managers, Desktop Environment :: Gnome, Terminals, Terminals :: Terminal Emulators/X Terminals

Dependencies: [change]
GNU Bash (required)
rxvt-unicode (required)
[download links]

 Branches

Branch	Version	Last release	License	URLs
Default	0.1	08-Sep-2007	GNU General Public License v3

 Comments

[»] just in case...
by Michael Shigorin - Sep 9th 2007 13:59:47

you can do completion in gtk2 file chooser (although it's highly inobvious): move the focus to the file area (not where it starts) and press keys corresponding to file path part in question.

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[»] Re: just in case...
by Marc A. Lehmann - Sep 10th 2007 02:11:04

ah, but the problem is not that you cannot do completion, but that a) it takes many more keypresses and b) it takes almost 1.5 minutes to select a file in /usr/bin using the gtk+ file selector, even worse for nfs and c) yes, you have to wait :(

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[»] Re: just in case...
by Michael Shigorin - Sep 10th 2007 02:31:09

Agreed :-)

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