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authorJan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>2003-11-29 11:36:55 +0000
committerJan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>2003-11-29 11:36:55 +0000
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NEWS and documentation for use-file-dialog.
-rw-r--r--etc/NEWS4
-rw-r--r--man/ChangeLog4
-rw-r--r--man/frames.texi10
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diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 2cae0913cc8..f256bd507c1 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -466,6 +466,10 @@ On the other hand, the size of the thumb does not represent the actual
amount of text shown any more (only a crude approximation of it).
+++
+** The file selection dialog for Gtk+, W32 and Motif/Lesstif can be
+disabled by customizing the variable `use-file-dialog'.
+
++++
** Emacs can produce an underscore-like (horizontal bar) cursor.
The underscore cursor is set by putting `(cursor-type . hbar)' in
default-frame-alist. It supports variable heights, like the `bar'
diff --git a/man/ChangeLog b/man/ChangeLog
index 684bb6de75a..834fd808b4a 100644
--- a/man/ChangeLog
+++ b/man/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-11-29 Jan Dj,Ad(Brv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
+
+ * frames.texi (Dialog Boxes): Added use-file-dialog.
+
2003-11-26 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@gnu.org>
* eshell.texi (Known Problems): Add doc item.
diff --git a/man/frames.texi b/man/frames.texi
index 31533a4c59c..2663a417b10 100644
--- a/man/frames.texi
+++ b/man/frames.texi
@@ -855,6 +855,16 @@ invoke the command to begin with.
use of dialog boxes. This also controls whether to use file selection
windows (but those are not supported on all platforms).
+@vindex use-file-dialog
+ A file selection window is a special kind of dialog box for asking for
+file names.
+
+ You can customize the option @code{use-file-dialog} to suppress the
+use of file selection windows even if you still want other kinds
+of dialogs. This option has no effect if you have supressed all dialog
+boxes with the option @code{use-dialog-box}.
+
+
@node Tooltips
@section Tooltips (or ``Balloon Help'')