From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Jan D." Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: GTK file selector Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 18:02:00 +0100 Message-ID: <43A59608.4060707@swipnet.se> References: <1134552456.439fe58850f31@imp5-g19.free.fr> <878xuma53q.fsf@jurta.org> <43A31FF5.2000007@swipnet.se> <877ja45eq6.fsf@jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1134925364 13932 80.91.229.2 (18 Dec 2005 17:02:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 17:02:44 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ich@frank-schmitt.net, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 18 18:02:35 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Eo1vS-0004fY-VN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 18:02:23 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Eo1wG-00034P-Dc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 12:03:12 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Eo1w3-0002zy-7S for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 12:02:59 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Eo1w1-0002vQ-F2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 12:02:58 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Eo1w1-0002vE-Br for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 12:02:57 -0500 Original-Received: from [195.54.107.73] (helo=mxfep02.bredband.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Eo1yo-00089V-SQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 12:05:51 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport.bredband.com ([195.54.107.82] [195.54.107.82]) by mxfep02.bredband.com with ESMTP id <20051218170205.KJOW17186.mxfep02.bredband.com@ironport.bredband.com> for ; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 18:02:05 +0100 Original-Received: from c-c1b4e253.012-150-626f6410.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se (HELO coolsville.localdomain) ([83.226.180.193]) by ironport.bredband.com with ESMTP; 18 Dec 2005 18:02:23 +0100 X-BrightmailFiltered: true X-IronPort-AV: i="3.99,266,1131318000"; d="scan'208"; a="19695381:sNHT350541450" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Original-To: Juri Linkov In-Reply-To: <877ja45eq6.fsf@jurta.org> X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:47999 Archived-At: Juri Linkov wrote: >>>If there is some option that restores the old reasonable behavior in new >>>GTK2 dialogs, Emacs could set such an option by default. >>> >>> >>The old one is still present in GTK, you can set x-use-old-gtk-file-dialog >>in Emacs to enable it. >> >> > >Thanks. I tried to set x-use-old-gtk-file-dialog to t, but even though it >looks like the old GTK file selection dialog, it is completely unusable: >its filename entry field is read-only and even C-l is not available to >enter filenames. It seems the old GTK file selection dialog is intentionally >broken to force users to the new GTK2 file chooser. > > If you use it to open existing files it will be read only. Use the "Visit New File" instead, it can actually be used to visit old files also. Jan D.