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RE: Changes for emacs 28
From: |
Ihor Radchenko |
Subject: |
RE: Changes for emacs 28 |
Date: |
Tue, 08 Sep 2020 13:33:24 +0800 |
> Doesn't menu File > Open File do what you request,
> by default? Likewise, other file operations, such
> as File > Insert File, File > Save As, and File >
> Open Directory.
Hmm. You are right. I thought that the problem was with Emacs defaults,
but it seems to be a problem with helm, which I asked to install at the
very beginning - it appears to override the file dialogue.
Best,
Ihor
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
>> 3. File opening dialogue is completely throwing the new user off -
>> people are too used to pop-up file opening dialogue listing all the
>> files. The message area is even not noticed.
>
>> 6. Some new users might be confused by default file open dialogie
>> involving mode-line. I believe that similarly to CUA-mode, Emacs can
>> emulate more standard approach by offering dired as a way to open files
>> (not enabled by default, but offered as a customisation together with
>> CUA-mode).
>
> Doesn't menu File > Open File do what you request,
> by default? Likewise, other file operations, such
> as File > Insert File, File > Save As, and File >
> Open Directory.
>
> On MS Windows, for example, this just uses the usual
> Windows file selection dialog box.
>
> This depends on the value of option `use-file-dialog',
> but that's `t' by default (as is `use-dialog-box').
>
> "Non-nil means mouse commands use a file dialog to ask for files.
> This applies to commands from menus and tool bar buttons even when
> they are initiated from the keyboard. If 'use-dialog-box' is nil,
> that disables the use of a file dialog, regardless of the value of
> this variable."
>
> https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Dialog-Boxes.html
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- Re: Changes for emacs 28, Richard Stallman, 2020/09/09
- Re: Changes for emacs 28, Yoni Rabkin, 2020/09/07
- Re: Changes for emacs 28, Ergus, 2020/09/07
- Re: Changes for emacs 28, Yoni Rabkin, 2020/09/07
- Re: Changes for emacs 28, Ergus, 2020/09/07
- Re: Changes for emacs 28, Mario Lang, 2020/09/08
- Re: Changes for emacs 28, Richard Stallman, 2020/09/07
- Re: Changes for emacs 28, Ihor Radchenko, 2020/09/08
- RE: Changes for emacs 28, Drew Adams, 2020/09/08
- RE: Changes for emacs 28,
Ihor Radchenko <=
- Re: Changes for emacs 28, tomas, 2020/09/08
- RE: Changes for emacs 28, Drew Adams, 2020/09/08
- RE: Changes for emacs 28, Ihor Radchenko, 2020/09/09
- RE: Changes for emacs 28, Stefan Kangas, 2020/09/09
- Re: Changes for emacs 28, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/09/09
- Re: Changes for emacs 28, Stefan Kangas, 2020/09/09
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- Re: Changes for emacs 28, Eric S Fraga, 2020/09/10
- Re: Changes for emacs 28, Ihor Radchenko, 2020/09/10
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