GNU bug report logs - #3969
23.0.96; Cannot use File > Visit New File on MS Windows

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:05:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 3981, 4011, 5704, 6359

Found in version 23.1

Done: Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org>

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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: <emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 23.0.96; Cannot use File > Visit New File on MS Windows
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:01:55 -0700

emacs -Q
 
Choose menu item File > Visit New File
 
You get the Windows `Find file:' dialog box. Enter the name of a new
file, e.g. `xxxx.txt', in field `File name:' and click button
`Open'. You get this error dialog box:
 
 Find file:
 
  xxxx.txt
  File not found.
  Please verify the correct file name was given
 
   [OK]
 

In GNU Emacs 23.0.96.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2009-07-09 on SOFT-MJASON
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4)'
Merged 3969 3981. Request was from Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org> to control <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com. (Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:05:07 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Merged 3969 3981 4011. Request was from Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org> to control <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com. (Sun, 02 Aug 2009 06:55:06 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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You have taken responsibility. (Sun, 02 Aug 2009 15:20:05 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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bug acknowledged by developer. (Sun, 02 Aug 2009 15:20:05 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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From: Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org>
To: 3969-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#3969: 23.0.96; Cannot use File > Visit New File on MS Windows
Date: Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:13:11 +0800

Drew Adams wrote:
> emacs -Q
>  
> Choose menu item File > Visit New File
>  
> You get the Windows `Find file:' dialog box. Enter the name of a new
> file, e.g. `xxxx.txt', in field `File name:' and click button
> `Open'. You get this error dialog box:
>  
>  Find file:
>  
>   xxxx.txt
>   File not found.
>   Please verify the correct file name was given
>  
>    [OK]
>   

The bug was caused by the change that introduced confirmation for 
partial completions in the minibuffer - now the MUSTMATCH arg to 
read-file-name is not simply nil or non-nil, it can have other special 
values too, which mean confirm rather than prevent entry of non-existent 
files.

But none of the file dialogs were updated for these special values, so 
x-file-dialog is still treating any non-nil value as "require an 
existing file".  The problem these special values try to prevent does 
not really apply to file dialogs, so I have checked in a change that 
treats them as nil when calling x-file-dialog.
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bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com. (Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:24:23 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug unarchived. Request was from Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:38:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug reassigned from package 'emacs' to 'emacs,w32'. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:32:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Forcibly Merged 3969 3981 4011 5704. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:32:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug reassigned from package 'emacs,w32' to 'emacs'. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:49:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:24:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug unarchived. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:29:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Forcibly Merged 3969 3981 4011 5704 6359. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:29:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:24:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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