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From: Rob (spamrefuse_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Sun May 24 2009 - 22:39:33 CDT

Hello,

I'm using 1.8.7beta3 and the plugin stuff from CVS.

I'm working on a new plugin and I encounter a problem with the settings
for the filename extension. It's not as flexible as it appears to be....

I need to load files like "foobar_GEO" created by ABINIT.
Hence, I want the file selector to be able to show me the list of "*_GEO" files.
However, this is not possible.

If I use "_GEO" as an entry for the filename extension in the plugin,
I get the list of "*._GEO" (notice the added asterisk and dot to the string).
This is not what I want!

Why are the "dot" and asterisk automagically added?
Why not leave that up to the programmer of the plugin to add it to the
filename extension settings, if necessary?
It'll then even be possible to add the asterisk in the middle or end of the
filename. This would make the filename extension field so much more useful.

This is very annoying.
Any possibilities to change this filename extension behavior before official release?

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A possible bug in the plugin filename extension is following:

The documentation says:
(http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/plugins/doxygen/structmolfile__plugin__t.html)

          "...list them in a comma separated list..."

But when I use a comma-separated extension list, the result is that only the first one
appears in the "Show" field of the file selector !
I presume this is a bug, either in the plugin or in the documentation.

Also:
I discovered that I can replace the comma by a bar |,
but this does yet do something else.....

Rob.