From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim X Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: elisp: Text-based file-chooser Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2011 10:22:03 +1100 Organization: Unlimited download news at news.astraweb.com Message-ID: <87d3oenb6s.fsf@puma.rapttech.com.au> References: <87r5cvuf12.fsf@puma.rapttech.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1294011647 30105 80.91.229.12 (2 Jan 2011 23:40:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2011 23:40:47 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 03 00:40:43 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-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 1PZXXV-00073e-Uu for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Jan 2011 00:40:42 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45913 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PZXXV-0002XG-EY for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Jan 2011 18:40:41 -0500 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.kjsl.com!news-xfer.nntp.sonic.net!news.astraweb.com!border2.newsrouter.astraweb.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:HglVPxRu3U0Q3nrm7SWaAAnXfco= Original-Lines: 33 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 20925cf4.news.astraweb.com Original-X-Trace: DXC=?_hLM2dkdA_eIcSKiG^o_UL?0kYOcDh@Z7^o:UA4R?cU6OS?0e1f7=\]G; 2>V^?kWSCAkl5c@Xgk^KaAna9:RPJW6a8mUf3]i4\ Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:183870 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:78077 Archived-At: Richard Riley writes: > Tim X writes: > >> Larry Kohlman writes: >> >>> Does elisp offer any text-based file-selection dialogs besides dired and >>> find-file? >>> >>> >> >> speedbar > > yeek! > > Also IDO mode comes with emacs now. > > ido-find-file > Yes, unfortunately, emacs does come with ido - personally, I don't! Tried it and found it got in the way as often as it was helpful. Tweaked and forced myself to use it for two months and then turned it off - best thing I ever did. Personally, don't use speedbar either, but some like it and from the OPs request, is different enough to dired and find-file such that it may actually be of interest to them. -- tcross (at) rapttech dot com dot au