RE: Changes for emacs 28

[Ihor Radchenko]

> Doesn't menu File > Open File do what you request,
> by default?  Likewise, other file operations, such
> as File > Insert File, File > Save As, and File >
> Open Directory.

Hmm. You are right. I thought that the problem was with Emacs defaults,
but it seems to be a problem with helm, which I asked to install at the
very beginning - it appears to override the file dialogue.

Best,
Ihor


Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

>> 3. File opening dialogue is completely throwing the new user off -
>> people are too used to pop-up file opening dialogue listing all the
>> files. The message area is even not noticed.
>
>> 6. Some new users might be confused by default file open dialogie
>> involving mode-line. I believe that similarly to CUA-mode, Emacs can
>> emulate more standard approach by offering dired as a way to open files
>> (not enabled by default, but offered as a customisation together with
>> CUA-mode).
>
> Doesn't menu File > Open File do what you request,
> by default?  Likewise, other file operations, such
> as File > Insert File, File > Save As, and File >
> Open Directory.
>
> On MS Windows, for example, this just uses the usual
> Windows file selection dialog box.
>
> This depends on the value of option `use-file-dialog',
> but that's `t' by default (as is `use-dialog-box').
>
>  "Non-nil means mouse commands use a file dialog to ask for files.
>   This applies to commands from menus and tool bar buttons even when
>   they are initiated from the keyboard.  If 'use-dialog-box' is nil,
>   that disables the use of a file dialog, regardless of the value of
>   this variable."
>
> https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Dialog-Boxes.html