Re: (interactive "GSome prompt: ") on w32

[Lennart Borgman]

Jason Rumney wrote:
> Lennart Borgman <address@hidden> writes:
>
>   
> > It looks to me like (interactive "G...") can not be used to choose a
> > file name when run from the menus (ie when a dialog box is displayed).
> >     
>
> It works for me. Can you please explain in more detail what happens
> when you run the following code:
>
> (defun test (filename) "testing"
>   (interactive "GFile")
>   (message filename))
>
> (define-key menu-bar-file-menu [test]
>   '(menu-item "Test" test :help "Testing"))
>
>   
Thanks for responding, Jason. Sorry, I should have written "can not be 
used to choose a directory name". I can choose a file but not a 
directory. Should not that be possible with "G"?