Small improvements to I/O

util/io/NameFilter.scala

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ object NothingFilter extends NameFilter
 
 object GlobFilter
 {
-	def apply(expression: String): NameFilter =
+	implicit def apply(expression: String): NameFilter =
 	{
 		require(!expression.exists(java.lang.Character.isISOControl), "Control characters not allowed in filter expression.")
 		if(expression == "*")

util/io/OpenResource.scala

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ trait OpenFile[T] extends OpenResource[File, T]
 		val parent = file.getParentFile
 		if(parent != null)
 			FileUtilities.createDirectory(parent)
-		translate("Error opening " + file + ": ") { openImpl(file) }
+		openImpl(file)
 	}
 }
 object OpenResource

util/io/Paths.scala

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import java.io.File
 
 object Paths
 {
+	implicit def stringToPath(s: String): Path = new Path(new File(s))
 	implicit def fileToPath(f: File): Path = new Path(f)
 	implicit def pathToFile(p: Path): File = p.asFile
 	implicit def filesToPaths(fs: Set[File]): Paths = new Paths(fs)