changeset 53191:119702bcc6c0

NEWS and documentation for use-file-dialog.
author Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
date Sat, 29 Nov 2003 11:36:55 +0000
parents 053a4dfb6bd4
children ff58bab0c425
files etc/NEWS man/ChangeLog man/frames.texi
diffstat 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/etc/NEWS	Sat Nov 29 11:10:07 2003 +0000
+++ b/etc/NEWS	Sat Nov 29 11:36:55 2003 +0000
@@ -466,6 +466,10 @@
 amount of text shown any more (only a crude approximation of it).
 
 +++
+** The file selection dialog for Gtk+, W32 and Motif/Lesstif can be
+disabled by customizing the variable `use-file-dialog'.
+
++++
 ** Emacs can produce an underscore-like (horizontal bar) cursor.
 The underscore cursor is set by putting `(cursor-type . hbar)' in
 default-frame-alist.  It supports variable heights, like the `bar'
--- a/man/ChangeLog	Sat Nov 29 11:10:07 2003 +0000
+++ b/man/ChangeLog	Sat Nov 29 11:36:55 2003 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-11-29  Jan Dj,Ad(Brv  <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
+
+	* frames.texi (Dialog Boxes): Added use-file-dialog.
+
 2003-11-26  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@gnu.org>
 
 	* eshell.texi (Known Problems): Add doc item.
--- a/man/frames.texi	Sat Nov 29 11:10:07 2003 +0000
+++ b/man/frames.texi	Sat Nov 29 11:36:55 2003 +0000
@@ -855,6 +855,16 @@
 use of dialog boxes.  This also controls whether to use file selection
 windows (but those are not supported on all platforms).
 
+@vindex use-file-dialog
+  A file selection window is a special kind of dialog box for asking for
+file names.
+
+  You can customize the option @code{use-file-dialog} to suppress the
+use of file selection windows even if you still want other kinds
+of dialogs.  This option has no effect if you have supressed all dialog
+boxes with the option @code{use-dialog-box}.
+
+
 @node Tooltips
 @section Tooltips (or ``Balloon Help'')