From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dani Moncayo Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#8181: 23.2; Dired on Windows 7 Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 14:14:26 +0100 Message-ID: References: <4D72BF5D.20403@comcast.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1299418624 3139 80.91.229.12 (6 Mar 2011 13:37:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 13:37:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 8181@debbugs.gnu.org To: "Robert I. Eachus" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 06 14:36:59 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PwE8p-0004qj-Bf for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 06 Mar 2011 14:36:59 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36458 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PwE8o-0007QA-4l for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 06 Mar 2011 08:36:58 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=41647 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PwE8i-0007Pm-Fe for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Mar 2011 08:36:53 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PwE8h-0001tq-K4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Mar 2011 08:36:52 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:52164) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PwE8h-0001tl-IS for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Mar 2011 08:36:51 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PwDna-0007ad-TK; Sun, 06 Mar 2011 08:15:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Dani Moncayo Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2011 13:15:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 8181 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 8181-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B8181.129941727329107 (code B ref 8181); Sun, 06 Mar 2011 13:15:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 8181) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Mar 2011 13:14:33 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PwDn7-0007ZQ-NF for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 06 Mar 2011 08:14:33 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-yx0-f172.google.com ([209.85.213.172]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PwDn6-0007Z8-48 for 8181@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 06 Mar 2011 08:14:32 -0500 Original-Received: by yxk30 with SMTP id 30so1484442yxk.3 for <8181@debbugs.gnu.org>; Sun, 06 Mar 2011 05:14:26 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=V0AwcRjFgQXB/kaeBspNZIdl7uPkg1hpb4T3faNgNDI=; b=o/nRleHEcp0Uk0/2HdZN6Yo1sZqZho30GL0KwcJATBRQNsAG+qyRQBxmV6uAgVWZ2H iqDjLsoy9xrXzguDe7d5IkFJ+oyaiWhvoPhw3MN83ObJw2COaLkwfnupMlT8p2k8BzSl XFC6/jHWLjCqEJTKSrUF8/2Bdur1lkjqIqGTw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=ONL5XUt1yLCecJuBMKnYSxgOJGb7K+21uezNZs44uvN32kZpGfVM9B8HGBIGPhc+me l06oarSywX1pjKTmHYe1KvMbqbGPQN8oFPc5KzJWyFwSES915T1pmMbtNg5ipR/x+2kk RPJC9iVO+Vpdt2iKMPGU44griiSzfPHVu9qZw= Original-Received: by 10.90.42.27 with SMTP id p27mr3382535agp.185.1299417266475; Sun, 06 Mar 2011 05:14:26 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.90.57.30 with HTTP; Sun, 6 Mar 2011 05:14:26 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4D72BF5D.20403@comcast.net> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2011 08:15:02 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:44696 Archived-At: On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 23:55, Robert I. Eachus wrote= : > Choosing Open Directory from the File menu opens a standard (Windows 7) > window that allows you to walk the directory tree, but there is no way > to open a directory in dired mode that I can find. =A0Cx d on the other > hand opens an emacs buffer in dired mode. (Normal behavior) > I tested this on Windows XP (2011-02-28 published binaries). The behavior seems to be this: You have to navigate through the directory tree until you are _inside_ the directory you want to open in dired. Then simply click "Open" (yes, even though there isn't anything selected). FWIW, this doesn't seems too clean to me. IMO, It would be more intuitive to be able to select the directory you want to open, and then click "Open". Regards, --=20 Dani Moncayo