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Emacs 24.0.97 Pretest Windows Binaries + Win7 x64: create new file dialog does not work.

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Miguel Ruiz <rbenit68 <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Emacs 24.0.97 Pretest Windows Binaries + Win7 x64: create new file
	dialog does not work.
Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 16:41:37 +0200

Every Emacs pretest windows binary since 24.0.92 shows the same
behaviour: after runemacs -Q, if you go with mouse to  'menu-bar file
new-file' or 'tool-bar new-file', a graphical file selector dialog
opens, with some icons in complete black, and when you enter a new
file name, click OK (Open, actually), nothing happens.

Also, I experiment the same behaviour with official Emacs 23.4, but
not in Emacs 23.3.

Both series, 23.4 and 24.0.x, works perfectly in Windows XP and Windows 7 x86

But the binary from
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ntemacs/ntemacs24-bin-20110402.7z?download
(version 24.0.50.1) WORKS PERFECTLY. The report-emacs-bug info for
this working version is the following:

(Windows 7 x64 Home Premium)

In GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt6.1.7600)
 of 2011-04-02 on YAMALOK
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (4.5) --cflags  -m32 -O2 -g0
-march=prescott -mtune=prescott -pipe -IC:/gnuwin32/emacs/include
-IC:/gnuwin32/emacs/lib -IC:/gnuwin32/src --ldflags  -s '

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: ESN
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: cp1252
  default enable-multibyte-characters: t


May I get a complete working binary of Emacs 24 for W7 x64?

Please, feel free to demand further information.

Message #8 received at 11501 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
To: Miguel Ruiz <rbenit68 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 11501 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11501: Emacs 24.0.97 Pretest Windows Binaries + Win7 x64:
	create new file dialog does not work.
Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 18:48:42 +0200

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 4:41 PM, Miguel Ruiz <rbenit68 <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> Every Emacs pretest windows binary since 24.0.92 shows the same
> behaviour: after runemacs -Q, if you go with mouse to  'menu-bar file
> new-file' or 'tool-bar new-file', a graphical file selector dialog
> opens, with some icons in complete black, and when you enter a new
> file name, click OK (Open, actually), nothing happens.

I just tried with pretest 24.0.97 on w7/64 and I can not reproduce this problem.

Message #11 received at 11501 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Miguel Ruiz <rbenit68 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 11501 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11501: Emacs 24.0.97 Pretest Windows Binaries + Win7 x64:
	create	new file dialog does not work.
Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 20:00:50 +0300

> Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 16:41:37 +0200
> From: Miguel Ruiz <rbenit68 <at> gmail.com>
> 
> Every Emacs pretest windows binary since 24.0.92 shows the same
> behaviour: after runemacs -Q, if you go with mouse to  'menu-bar file
> new-file' or 'tool-bar new-file', a graphical file selector dialog
> opens, with some icons in complete black, and when you enter a new
> file name, click OK (Open, actually), nothing happens.

I cannot reproduce this on my XP system.

> Both series, 23.4 and 24.0.x, works perfectly in Windows XP and Windows 7 x86

Are you saying that the problem happens only in Windows 7 64-bit?

Message #14 received at 11501 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Miguel Ruiz <rbenit68 <at> gmail.com>, 11501 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11501: Emacs 24.0.97 Pretest Windows Binaries + Win7 x64:
	create new file dialog does not work.
Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 23:24:04 +0200

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> I cannot reproduce this on my XP system.

I just tried 24.0.97 on a Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, and I don't
see the bug either.

    Juanma

Message #17 received at 11501 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Miguel Ruiz <rbenit68 <at> gmail.com>
To: 11501 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Emacs 24.0.97 Pretest Windows Binaries + Win7 x64: create new file
	dialog does not work
Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 23:41:26 +0200

Here, in http://www.screenr.com/Bam8 , you can find a screencast of
the behaviour.

I will try to find a fresh W7 x64 but it won't be soon at all.

Thank you for your quick answer.

Miguel Ruiz.

Message #20 received at 11501 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Christoph Scholtes <cschol2112 <at> googlemail.com>
To: Miguel Ruiz <rbenit68 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 11501 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11501: Emacs 24.0.97 Pretest Windows Binaries + Win7 x64:
	create new file dialog does not work
Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 19:18:23 -0600

On 5/17/2012 3:41 PM, Miguel Ruiz wrote:
> Here, in http://www.screenr.com/Bam8 , you can find a screencast of
> the behaviour.

Interesting. I see a whole bunch of additional dlls in your bin folder. 
Can you please use a fresh copy of Emacs and run it without the 
additional dlls and see if the issue persists?

I can also not reproduce the problem on Windows 7 x64.

Message #23 received at 11501 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Miguel Ruiz <rbenit68 <at> gmail.com>
To: 11501 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Emacs 24.0.97 Pretest Windows Binaries + Win7 x64: create new file
	dialog does not work
Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 07:28:49 +0200

Hi.

Here, http://www.screenr.com/vwm8, you can find a screencast of a
fresh Emacs decompression, the issue again, but eventually, it creates
the new file.

You can ignore the first 3:30 minutes, if you don't waste your time.

In the minute 4:43, something funny happens: I click Open, with a new
filename  and a subdir selected, and it firstly change the dir, and
then create the file.

I cannot figure out if the issue is caused by Emacs, or by a W7
library, or by the interaction of both. Remember the first post and
the ntemacs build than runs without errors.

Message #26 received at 11501 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard P <richy_rich100 <at> yahoo.co.uk>
To: "11501 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <11501 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Emacs 24.0.97 Pretest Windows Binaries + Win7 x64: create new file
	dialog does not work
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2012 17:25:20 +0100 (BST)

Have the exact same problem.

Tested Emacs 23.X and 24.0 and File --> visit New File works as intended.

In 24.1, I cannot create a new file through Visit New File. Also happens with File --> Save as, which exhibits the same problem. 

Using Windows Prof x64 on Lenovo X220t. 

Happy to submit any further info. 

Cheers,

Rich

Message #29 received at 11501 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard P <richy_rich100 <at> yahoo.co.uk>
To: "\"11501 <at> debbugs.gnu.org\"" <11501 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2012 22:10:55 +0100 (BST)

unarchive 123 

Have the exact same problem.

Tested Emacs 23.X and 24.0 and File --> visit New File works as intended.

In 24.1, I cannot create a new file through Visit New File. Also happens with File --> Save as, which exhibits the same problem. 

Using Windows 7 Prof x64 on Lenovo X220t. 

Happy to submit any further info. 

Cheers,

Rich

Message #32 received at 11501 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Miguel Ruiz <rbenit68 <at> gmail.com>, richy_rich100 <at> yahoo.co.uk
Cc: 11501 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11501: Emacs 24.0.97 Pretest Windows Binaries + Win7 x64:
 create new file dialog does not work.
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2019 07:58:05 +0200

Miguel Ruiz <rbenit68 <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Every Emacs pretest windows binary since 24.0.92 shows the same
> behaviour: after runemacs -Q, if you go with mouse to  'menu-bar file
> new-file' or 'tool-bar new-file', a graphical file selector dialog
> opens, with some icons in complete black, and when you enter a new
> file name, click OK (Open, actually), nothing happens.
>
> Also, I experiment the same behaviour with official Emacs 23.4, but
> not in Emacs 23.3.
>
> Both series, 23.4 and 24.0.x, works perfectly in Windows XP and Windows 7 x86
>
> But the binary from
> http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ntemacs/ntemacs24-bin-20110402.7z?download
> (version 24.0.50.1) WORKS PERFECTLY. The report-emacs-bug info for
> this working version is the following:
>
> (Windows 7 x64 Home Premium)

Richard P <richy_rich100 <at> yahoo.co.uk> writes:

> Have the exact same problem.
>
> Tested Emacs 23.X and 24.0 and File --> visit New File works as intended.
>
> In 24.1, I cannot create a new file through Visit New File. Also happens with File --> Save as, which exhibits the same problem.
>
> Using Windows Prof x64 on Lenovo X220t.
>
> Happy to submit any further info.

I note that this was reported in 2012, which is now 7 years ago.  Are
you still seeing this bug on a modern version of Emacs, for example
the latest version 26.2?

I also note that at least three other people tried different Windows
versions without being able to reproduce this problem.

Thanks,
Stefan Kangas

Message #39 received at 11501-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Miguel Ruiz <rbenit68 <at> gmail.com>, richy_rich100 <at> yahoo.co.uk
Cc: 11501-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11501: Emacs 24.0.97 Pretest Windows Binaries + Win7 x64:
 create new file dialog does not work.
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 23:34:12 +0200

Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se> writes:

> I note that this was reported in 2012, which is now 7 years ago.  Are
> you still seeing this bug on a modern version of Emacs, for example
> the latest version 26.2?
>
> I also note that at least three other people tried different Windows
> versions without being able to reproduce this problem.

More information was requested, but none was given within 5 weeks, so
I'm closing this bug as unreproducible.  If you're still seeing this,
please reopen the bug report.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

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