[h-e-w] RE: Traditional find-file vs. file open dialog?

[Geert Ribbers]

Hi.

The default behavior of emacs 21 is to get windows-file-dialogs when you use
the mouse and minibuffer-dialogs when you use the keyboard.
But you can change that with the custom-variable use-dialog-box:

"use-dialog-box's value is t

Documentation:
*Non-nil means mouse commands use dialog boxes to ask questions.
This applies to y-or-n and yes-or-no questions asked by commands
invoked by mouse clicks and mouse menu items.

You can customize this variable."

Regards, Geert Ribbers

From: "Adam Taylor" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 21:24:23 -0700
Subject: [h-e-w] Traditional find-file vs. file open dialog?

Folks,

When I do C-x C-f, I get the traditional behavior, i.e. emacs prompts me
in the minibuffer to enter the name of the file I want to open.

However, when I do File > Open File... (i.e. use the menu bar), I get
the Windows-standard file open dialog.

Can anyone tell me how I can get C-x C-f to open the dialog?

I've done C-h k on the menu, and it claims that it invokes find-file,
but when I do M-x find-file, I get the traditional find-file behavior
(i.e. minibuffer-mediated).

Thanks in advance for any help you can lend.

Adam

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Adam L. Taylor
Kristan Lab, Pacific Hall Rm 3119
UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0357
La Jolla CA 92093-0357
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From: "Adam Taylor" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Subject: [h-e-w] Traditional find-file vs. file open dialog?
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 21:42:07 -0700

Folks,

Sorry, I should have said that I'm running GNU emacs 21.2.1 on XP.

Adam

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Adam L. Taylor
Kristan Lab, Pacific Hall Rm 3119
UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0357
La Jolla CA 92093-0357
address@hidden
phone 858-534-4763
fax   858-534-7309




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