Re: [PATCH] emacs should use GtkFileChooser widget

[Sven Neumann]

Hi,

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

> Basically what everybody has been saying from day one: Add a text
> input field when opening new files so the Ctrl-L thing is not
> needed.  I am sure that the developers already know that lots of
> people want this.

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=136541

> Basically you can do four things with files that involves a file
> dialog,
> 
>   1. open an existing file
>   2. open a new (non existant) file
>   3. save to an existing file
>   4. save to a new file
> 
> 1, 3 and 4 is handeled by GtkFileChooser, but 2 is done poorly, it
> requires hitting Ctrl-L and getting another dialog that has its own
> problems.

I don't think (2) can be implemented at all. It is guaranteed that the
filename returned from a file-chooser in OPEN mode points to an
existing file. This could probably be handled by extending the API to
allow for a new mode (GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SELECT). Please submit a
bug report for this API addition.


Sven