GNU bug report logs - #8181
23.2; Dired on Windows 7

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Robert I. Eachus" <rieachus <at> comcast.net>

Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 23:07:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 8191, 8741

Found in versions 23.2, 23.2.50

Done: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #23 received at 8181 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
Cc: rieachus <at> comcast.net, 8181 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#8181: 23.2; Dired on Windows 7
Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2011 09:17:06 -0500

> Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 14:14:26 +0100
> From: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: 8181 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> I tested this on Windows XP (2011-02-28 published binaries). The
> behavior seems to be this: You have to navigate through the directory
> tree until you are _inside_ the directory you want to open in dired.
> Then simply click "Open" (yes, even though there isn't anything
> selected).

Yes.

> FWIW, this doesn't seems too clean to me. IMO, It would be more
> intuitive to be able to select the directory you want to open, and
> then click "Open".

Tell this to Microsoft.  AFAIK, this is a limitation of their
file/directory selection dialog.
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