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+ XsraSelFile File Selection Dialog Package
+
+
+
+This directory contains the XsraSelFile file selection dialog package. This
+package allows an application to obtain a filename from a user. The filename is
+selected by typing in a text widget or by browsing with the mouse in directory
+listings.
+
+The following is a brief description of the available features.
+
+* filename completion
+
+ When the user types a filename in the Text widget, SelFile shows the
+ possible completions in the directory listings. The user can hit the space
+ bar to complete the filename.
+
+* fast directory reading
+
+ When a directory is opened, the entries are read and sorted. Then the stats
+ of only the first screenful of entries are taken, and these entries are
+ displayed. The stats of the other entries are taken upon demand (i.e. when
+ the user wishes to see them by scrolling, etc.) or in the background. The
+ Xt work procedure facility is used to do background work. The idea here is
+ to give the user some feedback as soon as possible.
+
+ "It's just an illu--sion" :-)
+
+* Xaw and/or Xw widgets
+
+ SelFile can be linked with Xaw (Athena) and/or Xw (Hewlett-Packard)
+ widgets. Normally, SelFile is linked with the R3 or a later version of the
+ Xt Intrinsics, but it can be linked with the R2 Xt. See the Imakefile for
+ details.
+
+* automatic display update after directory modification
+
+ Every now and then SelFile looks at the directories being displayed to see
+ if they have been updated, and updates the display accordingly. Similarly,
+ file modes are checked (but not as often).
+
+* tilde (~) for home directories
+
+ When the user types a tilde at the beginning of the Text widget, SelFile
+ shows the home directories.
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+This work is loosely based on (and the name comes from) an earlier X10 SelFile
+by Michiharu `NinjaTerm' Ariza.
+
+Admittedly, this X11 SelFile also looks a bit like the directory browser on the
+NeXT machine.
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+If you have any
+
+ porting problems
+
+ bug reports
+
+ comments (particularly about ideas in the TODO file)
+
+ or any other type of feedback
+
+please send mail to
+
+ erik@sra.co.jp
+ OR
+ erik%sra.co.jp@uunet.uu.net
+ OR
+ erik%sra.co.jp@mcvax.uucp
+ OR
+ try junet instead of co.jp
+ OR
+ Erik M. van der Poel
+ Software Research Associates, Inc.
+ 1-1-1 Hirakawa-cho, Chiyoda-ku
+ Tokyo 102 Japan. TEL +81-3-234-2692