[ESS-bugs] Fwd: Re: [ESS] Windows Vista and Emacs/ESS
Martin Maechler
maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch
Fri Jan 23 15:03:19 CET 2009
>>>>> "RMH" == Richard M Heiberger <rmh at temple.edu>
>>>>> on Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:56:50 -0500 (EST) writes:
RMH> I turned the toolbar on and investigated. The problem occurs on both
RMH> XP and Vista. I think the problem is in the line
Well; it has never occured for me, using
"Windows Terminal Server", several flavors of Xp;
currently using "Windows Terminal Server 2003",
I do check and I don't have a problem:
I get the usual file-choose / directory-choose popup menu and
then can successfully choose the desired one.
RMH> (let ((use-dialog-box nil);; Win-only: dialog box won't return a directory
RMH> in essd-r.el
I don't think that the above is problematic,
nor that it is related to the problems that the Windows Vista
and it seems *some* Xp users see.
RMH> The help for use-dialog-box (emacs 21.3.50.1) says it applies to
RMH> y-or-n-p questions only. We are attempting to use it for a string response
RMH> question where it doesn't apply.
and where it does not apply, it cannot harm. Setting it to nil
is not incorrect in any case.
RMH> The help for y-or-n-p sends me to
RMH> last-nonmenu-event which gives the potential for more elaborate control.
RMH> I don't know how to repair this problem.
nor do I.
I plan to release 5.3.11 inspite of this problem;
as it seems nobody can easily fix it.
Martin
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