Re: User option dnd-open-file-other-window has no effect

[Jan D.]

Sven Joachim wrote:

> There is a user option, dnd-open-file-other-window, which should
> control the behaviour of drag-n-dropping files onto an Emacs frame.
> I customized it to t:
>
> dnd-open-file-other-window is a variable defined in `dnd'.
> Its value is t
>
> Documentation:
> If non-nil, always use find-file-other-window to open dropped files.
>
> However, that had no effect. :-(



> Meanwhile, the Emacs manual is also quite funny. It states in section
> 25.15, Drag and Drop:
>
>   Dropping a file normally visits it in the window you drop it on.  If
> you prefer to visit the file in a new window in such cases, customize
> the variable `x-dnd-open-file-other-window'.
>
> But the variable `x-dnd-open-file-other-window' does not exist. :-(
>
> I noticed this misbehaviour in Emacs version 


I've fixed these now (and the minibuffer problem).  Please try it again.

Thanks,

   Jan D.