From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: Creating a new file in Emacs 23 in WINXP Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 06:39:44 -0800 Message-ID: References: <2c75873c1003012225u78b0a883r3e2ed7179cad37ce@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1267541065 19944 80.91.229.12 (2 Mar 2010 14:44:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 14:44:25 +0000 (UTC) To: "'Graham Smith'" , Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 02 15:44:20 2010 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 1NmTKd-0003rv-Ij for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:44:19 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43076 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NmTKd-0006fc-0R for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:44:19 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NmTHf-0004eg-Gs for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:41:15 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=37745 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NmTHe-0004dq-MH for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:41:15 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NmTHd-0008P3-T3 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:41:14 -0500 Original-Received: from acsinet11.oracle.com ([141.146.126.233]:30494) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NmTHd-0008Ou-MK for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:41:13 -0500 Original-Received: from rcsinet13.oracle.com (rcsinet13.oracle.com [148.87.113.125]) by acsinet11.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.2) with ESMTP id o22Ef9GH022841 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 2 Mar 2010 14:41:11 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt353.oracle.com (acsmt353.oracle.com [141.146.40.153]) by rcsinet13.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.1) with ESMTP id o22Ef89R026512; Tue, 2 Mar 2010 14:41:08 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt006.oracle.com by acsmt355.oracle.com with ESMTP id 58850491267540786; Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:39:46 -0800 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/10.175.218.42) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:39:46 -0800 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <2c75873c1003012225u78b0a883r3e2ed7179cad37ce@mail.gmail.com> Thread-Index: Acq50S0iEttHKSvST9m9cgmaYS+J4wARPC4A X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-Source-IP: acsmt353.oracle.com [141.146.40.153] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090205.4B8D2385.00D4:SCFMA4539814,ss=1,fgs=0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:72310 Archived-At: > If I visit a new file to create a new file, I get a standard windows > explorer type dialog box that allows me to navigate to the directory > where I want to create the new file. > > However, when I type in the file name for my new file, I get an error > telling me that the file cannot be found. Which of course it cant be, > because I haven't created it yet. How do I get around this. A search > on new file visit new file etc just yields instructions to do what I > am already trying to do. > > I didn't have this problem with Emacs 22, and although it works > slightly differently I don't have this problem with Emace 23 on > Ubuntu. Sounds like bug #3969, which has been fixed.