Re: [PATCH] emacs should use GtkFileChooser widget

[Sven Neumann]

Hi,

"Jan D." <address@hidden> writes:

> It is hard to configure correctly when there is no documentation that
> states that an icon theme is needed for the file chooser to have basic
> functionality.  I have not seen any such documentation.

You are right and I brought this up on the gtk-developer mailing list
a while ago. I am afraid that my mail is still the best source of
documentation on how to get icons to work if you are not using a
recent GNOME desktop:

http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2004-May/msg00010.html

> > I admit that the new file chooser API doesn't really fit into the
> > emacs use case but then it seems that it fits for (almost) all other
> > applications. This seems to indicate that the emacs use case is rather
> > obscure. Anyway, if you want this to be fixed, you will need to file a
> > bug-report at bugzilla.gnome.org.  Otherwise the issue will never be
> > addressed and I don't think that it is an option for emacs to stick to
> > GtkFileSelection in the long run.
> 
> The two most used editors allow opening of non-existant file names:
> % vi non-existant-file
> % emacs non-existant-file
> 
> or inside vi:
> 
> :e non-existent-file
> 
> or inside emacs:
> 
> C-x C-f non-existant-file

Well, C-x C-f fortunately doesn't use the file-chooser dialog.
Actually IMHO emacs would better never use any dialog for file
selection. I only submitted this patch because it opened up the old
GtkFileSelection dialog for me and IMO the new dialog offers a couple
of advantages over this deprecated widget.


Sven