[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #1307: wingrass: new wxgui dialog for v.in.ogr in windows7 does not show *.shp files

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#1307: wingrass: new wxgui dialog for v.in.ogr in windows7 does not show *.shp
files
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 Reporter:  marmai            |       Owner:  martinl    
     Type:  defect            |      Status:  assigned   
 Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:  6.4.1      
Component:  wxGUI             |     Version:  6.4.1 RCs  
 Keywords:  import, wingrass  |    Platform:  MSWindows 7
      Cpu:  Unspecified       |  
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Comment(by hamish):

 Hi,

 in all cases the file selector's extension type filter should offer a
 secondary option of "All files (*.*)" if it otherwise chooses one for you.
 It shouldn't lock users into its own limited assumptions about how files
 should be named.

 e.g. GeoTIFF often comes as .tiff or .geotiff; jpeg as .jpeg; GRIB format
 raster input is often as .grib or without extension, not just *.grb,
 *.GRB, etc.
 Nice to have it pre-filter, but hard-locking it to just a short list of
 pre-chosen extension choices (usually munged into 8.3 DOS extension
 limits) creates a road block which doesn't need to be there, so the user
 needs a way to bypass that if they need to.


 thanks,
 Hamish

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