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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: "Stefan Monnier" <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>, <rms@gnu.org>
Cc: jan.h.d@swipnet.se, Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: RE: [drew.adams@oracle.com: use-file-dialog should not apply tomouse in *Completions*]
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 11:31:58 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <DNEMKBNJBGPAOPIJOOICOEMCEBAA.drew.adams@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvprxn390z.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>

> >     However, I think it is the documentation that needs fixing 
> >     here to match the documentation of read-file-name.
> 
> > This is a real bug; the code needs to be changed.
> 
> > `read-file-name' is supposed to use the file dialog when you invoke
> > the command with the mouse.  The point is that choosing a completion
> > with the mouse, inside M-x, should not count as "invoking the command
> > with the mouse".
> 
> > That is what needs to be changed.  Would someone fix that and ack?
> 
> I think in this case both behaviors can make sense.  It's not clear to
> me that one is better than the other.  Clearly, the M-x had to be typed,
> but the user had to switch to the mouse in order to click the
> `find-file' completion, so maybe she wants to keep using the mouse
> rather than switch back to the keyboard.

That's why the bug report included this:

>> If it's thought that users should be also able
>> to specify the file dialog box for *Completions* (to keep using the
>> mouse to pick the file), then there should be another option for that
>> - it's too common to want a file dialog box for menus and tool-bar
>> buttons but not for *Completions*.

  reply	other threads:[~2007-12-03 19:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-12-03  6:10 [drew.adams@oracle.com: use-file-dialog should not apply to mouse in *Completions*] Richard Stallman
2007-12-03  7:15 ` Jan Djärv
2007-12-03  9:28   ` Jason Rumney
2007-12-03  9:36     ` Jason Rumney
2007-12-03 10:02       ` Andreas Schwab
2007-12-03 11:11         ` Jason Rumney
2007-12-03 18:43     ` Richard Stallman
2007-12-03 18:54       ` Stefan Monnier
2007-12-03 19:31         ` Drew Adams [this message]
2007-12-03 22:10           ` [drew.adams@oracle.com: use-file-dialog should not apply tomouse " Stefan Monnier
2007-12-03 22:15             ` martin rudalics
2007-12-03 22:51             ` Drew Adams
2007-12-04 16:55         ` [drew.adams@oracle.com: use-file-dialog should not apply to mouse " Richard Stallman

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