Subject: bug#8181: closed (Re: bug#8181: Patch to fix bug#8181: 23.2; Dired on Windows 7)

From: Juanma Barranquero <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 03:24:10 +0100

On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 02:58, Robert I. Eachus <[email-masked]> wrote:

> But I still have my original question.  Why is
> the behavior different from Cx d which it lists as an equivalent?

Because, apparently, most users prefer a GUI file dialog when using
the mouse, but a keyboard interface when invoking find-file or dired
from the keyboard.

If you don't like the default, just customize `use-dialog-box' and
`use-file-dialog'.

    Juanma