[Bug 1095115] Re: RFE: add a new File debconf template type

[i30817]

I'd would have liked to use it on a package i've 'enhanced' for a exult daily build here:
https://code.launchpad.net/~exult-team/+archive/exult-daily

The issue is that the package asks the user the first time for the
location of the games, so it can copy them into their lsb appropriate
dirs (for various, obvious reasons).

This stuff is then validated, and that is painful, but the RFE is mostly
about the graphical filechooser (though in this case it's 'directory'
chooser). This because *that* is painful for the *users*

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Title:
  RFE: add a new File debconf template type

Status in “debconf” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  This would be nice so that users could use the system filechooser on graphical mode, and have tab completion on text mode, rather than writing a freeform string.
  The 'file doesn't exist yet' usecase should be usable, too, so i guess GUI mode still needs a text field, but most filechoosers have those (haven't seen one without yet on linux).

  A simple validation that the thing is indeed a validfile name would be
  nice too, at least for the CLI-mode.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: debconf 1.5.46ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-21.32-generic 3.5.7.1
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-21-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu9
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Jan  1 19:34:08 2013
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-12-25 (372 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: debconf
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-20 (73 days ago)

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