From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Wilmar Igl Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: Emacs - "Save As" Dialog Window under MS Windows Date: Fri, 04 May 2007 21:10:21 +0200 Message-ID: <463B851D.1030904@gmx.de> References: <463B5819.5080504@gmx.de> <001201c78e77$cb745640$dc337c46@austin.rr.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.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 1178390235 765 80.91.229.12 (5 May 2007 18:37:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 5 May 2007 18:37:15 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: David Vanderschel Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat May 05 20:37:14 2007 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 4.50) id 1HkP84-0006lE-Os for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 May 2007 20:37:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HkPEq-0002gT-7r for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 May 2007 14:44:12 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hk3Ha-00030E-0g for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 04 May 2007 15:17:34 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hk3HY-0002uL-75 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 04 May 2007 15:17:33 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hk3HY-0002u8-3a for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 04 May 2007 15:17:32 -0400 Original-Received: from humle.it.ki.se ([130.237.101.252]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Hk3Aq-0007A4-GG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 04 May 2007 15:10:36 -0400 Original-Received: from [127.0.0.1] (130-237-102-47.meb.ki.se [130.237.102.47]) by humle.it.ki.se (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l44JALGA002663; Fri, 4 May 2007 21:10:22 +0200 (MEST) User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) In-Reply-To: <001201c78e77$cb745640$dc337c46@austin.rr.com> X-detected-kernel: Solaris 9 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 05 May 2007 14:44:08 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list 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:15692 Archived-At: Dear David, after checking your suggestions I found out that the menu bar "save as" dialog does _save_ the file. It did not work in my case as my file name included asterisks "*", however, did not show any error message. Therefore, the only thing that should be changed is the description of the button from "Open" to "Save" in the menu-driven "Save as..." dialog window. Best regards, Will PS: Do you know whether sort of a package management system is under development for Emacs (e.g. based on EmacsWiki). That would be marvellous!!! David Vanderschel skrev: > Hi Wilmar, > > I administer help-emacs-windows. Your message is > subject to moderation since you do not subscribe to > the list. This would appear to be a bug report. The > appropriate list to which to send that is > bug-gnu-emacs which you can join here: > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnu-emacs > > It is not appropriate to address your message to RMS > himself. There is a staff of folks who support GNU > software. RMS himself has more important matters > to concern himself with than minor bug reports. > > The graphic you attached is not readable. In any > case, a PDF is not a suitable format for distributing > a screen shot. PNG would be best for this (though GIF > is OK too). However, in this case, the nature of the > 'bug' is clear without the picture. > > Though the dialogue calls itself an "Open File" > Dialog, are you sure that it is not being used simply > as a file name specification dialogue? I.e., did you > verify that what it does is to actually _read_ the > specified file? Or is the specified file what is used > for the output? (Note that you can type in a new file > name in the Open File Dialogue.) > > Most folks use the function write-file on C-x C-w > for a "save as" function. > > I will delete your message from the list server. If > you still think this is worth reporting as a bug, please > feel free to do so. (Since Windows does offer a > "Save As ..." dialogue, I would agree that it could > be regarded as a bug.) > > Regards, > David V. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wilmar Igl" > To: ; > Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 10:58 AM > Subject: Emacs - "Save As" Dialog Window under MS Windows > > > Dear Mr. Stallman, > > please note that unter MS Windows if you choose "save as" from the Menu > bar the opened "MS Window" dialog is actually the "Open File" Dialog > window. This way the file can't be saved. > > Please refer to the attached screenshot for further explanation. > > Best regards, > > Will > -- Wilmar IGL (Mr.) Psychologist * Postal Addresses: -Fogdevreten 13 B SE-171 65 Stockholm/Solna Sweden -c/o Michael und Christa Igl Sittling 330 D-93333 Neustadt a. d. Donau Germany * Phone: - Sweden: +46 (0) 73 75 44 9 43 (mobile) - Germany: +49 (0) 176 29 49 87 10 (mobile) - VoIP: wilmar.igl (Skype), +49 (0) 9445 35 33 31 (landline, SkypeIn) * E-mail: wilmar.igl[AT]gmx.de