>>>>> "Ed" == Ed Earl Ross <edearl(a)satx.rr.com&gt; writes: Ed> When one selects File Open from the menu , a PC XEmacs opens a Ed> PC XEmacs dialog box, rather than dired or prompting in the Ed> minibuffer. However, other methods of calling find-file uses Ed> the mini-buffer or dired. Is there another way to force XEmacs Ed> to use the PC dialog box when called from a function? Check out variable use-dialog-box and function should-use-dialog-box-p. Ed> -- Adrian Aichner mailto:adrian＠xemacs.org http://www.xemacs.org/

Ed Earl Ross wrote: > My use-dialog-box = t, and should-use-dialog-box-p tests whether a mouse > event was last used. If these are the only controls, one cannot force

> a dialog box. Is it true? Bind both force-dialog-box-use and use-dialog-box to t. See the code for should-use-dialog-box-p. -- Glynn Clements <glynn.clements(a)virgin.net&gt;