From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: how to open file window in Emacs Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 07:39:05 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1481211606 8135 195.159.176.226 (8 Dec 2016 15:40:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 15:40:06 +0000 (UTC) To: jsyuk 86 , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 08 16:39:56 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cF0na-0000Ns-K4 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 08 Dec 2016 16:39:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47386 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cF0ne-0005yY-FO for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 08 Dec 2016 10:39:58 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52347) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cF0mx-0005qQ-CG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Dec 2016 10:39:16 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cF0mu-00033Q-9Z for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Dec 2016 10:39:15 -0500 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:47330) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cF0mt-00032u-W5 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Dec 2016 10:39:12 -0500 Original-Received: from aserv0021.oracle.com (aserv0021.oracle.com [141.146.126.233]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id uB8Fd8Ws026793 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 8 Dec 2016 15:39:08 GMT Original-Received: from userv0122.oracle.com (userv0122.oracle.com [156.151.31.75]) by aserv0021.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.14.4) with ESMTP id uB8Fd7nM031891 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 8 Dec 2016 15:39:07 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0003.oracle.com (abhmp0003.oracle.com [141.146.116.9]) by userv0122.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id uB8Fd6ZW015801; Thu, 8 Dec 2016 15:39:06 GMT In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9.1 (1003210) [OL 12.0.6753.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: aserv0021.oracle.com [141.146.126.233] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 156.151.31.81 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:111896 Archived-At: > When I clicked the "Open File" in File menu, new window was not opened. > Only I have to type the file name in the bottom command line. > How to solve the issue? That's the design. In Emacs, `Open File' means create a buffer with the name of an _existing_ file (not with no name). Buffers in Emacs are named, and `Open File' creates a buffer that visits an existing file, whose name you must provide. Even `New File' requires that you first provide a file name. It creates a buffer that is intended, by default, for saving to a file. (However, you _need not_ ever save it to a file.) http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2016-03/msg00629.html http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2005-10/msg00555.html