[Paraview] Standard OpenFile Dialogs

[Clinton Stimpson]

Mike Jackson wrote:
> A while back during a ParaView training I asked the same questions and 
> got the same response. I agree with the reasoning. I am on OS X and 
> one of the features that a native file dialog has are all my shortcuts 
> that I am used to in the "Finder". During that same training one of 
> the trainers asked me if I knew how to get that list. At the time I 
> did not but now I do. Who should I work with or where do I add into 
> the ParaView code to allow your file dialog to display this list? I 
> see that by default my home folder is prepopulated in the list.
>
>   The concept/code is simple. You just have to parse a .plist file 
> located at ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.sidebarlists.plist. This 
> list is binary so some Apple APIs will be needed to parse the list.
In ParaView3/Servers/Common/vtkPVFileInformation.cxx, the 
GetSpecialDirectories() can be implemented for Mac OS X.
Both client and server side file browsing use that.
Sounds like it should be pretty simple.  You can make a bug tracker item 
and if you implement it, attach the patch.

Clint