## Copyright (C) 2012 Michael Goffioul
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{filterspec} =} __fltk_file_filter__ (@var{filter})
## Undocumented internal function.
## @end deftypefn

## Author: Michael Goffioul

function retval = __fltk_file_filter__ (file_filter)

  retval = "";
  [r, c] = size (file_filter);
  if ((c == 0) || (c > 2))
    error ("expecting 1 or to 2 columns for file filter cell");
  endif
  fltk_str = "";
  for idx = 1 : r

    curr_ext = file_filter{idx, 1};
    curr_ext = strsplit (curr_ext, ";");

    if (length (curr_ext) > 1)
      curr_ext = regexprep (curr_ext, '\*\.', ',');
      curr_ext = strcat (curr_ext{:})(2 : end);
      curr_ext = strcat ("*.{", curr_ext, "}");
    else
      curr_ext = curr_ext{:};
    endif

    curr_desc = strcat (curr_ext(3:end), "-Files");

    if (c == 2)
      curr_desc = file_filter{idx, 2};
      curr_desc = regexprep (curr_desc, '\(', '<');
      curr_desc = regexprep (curr_desc, '\)', '>');
    endif

    if (length (fltk_str) > 0)
      fltk_str = strcat (fltk_str, "\t", curr_desc, " (", curr_ext, ")");
    else
      fltk_str = strcat (curr_desc, " (", curr_ext, ")");
    endif

  endfor
  retval = fltk_str;

endfunction