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     SELECTFILE(2)                                       SELECTFILE(2)

     NAME
          selectfile - file browser

     SYNOPSIS
          include "selectfile.m";
          selectfile := load Selectfile Selectfile->PATH;

          init:        fn();
          filename: fn(ctxt: ref Draw->Context, parent: ref Draw->Image,
                         title: string,
                         pat: list of string,
                         dir: string): string;

     DESCRIPTION
          Selectfile provides an interactive file browser for use by a
          wm(1) application.  It allows a user to browse the file sys-
          tem to select a file of a give type.

          Init should be called once to initialise the module's inter-
          nal state.

          Filename makes a dialog panel for selecting a file.  It is
          created in the graphics context ctxt, near the northeast
          corner of a given parent window, parent, represented by that
          window's Image.  (If the parent window is a Tk Toplevel t,
          for instance, the appropriate value is t.image.)  If parent
          is nil, the panel is centred on the screen.  Dir gives the
          directory where the file search should begin.  Only files
          that match pat are displayed.  The returned string is the
          name of the selected file, or the empty string if no file
          was selected.

     SOURCE
          /appl/lib/selectfile.b

     SEE ALSO
          dialog(2), dividers(2), draw-context(2), tabs(2), tk(2),
          wmlib(2)

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