gutter-only dialogs and search dialogs

thanks very much for working on dialog boxes! however, i have some comments ... the function make-gutter-only-dialog-frame is bogus. the use of the gutter here to hold widgets is an implementation detail and should not be exposed in the interface. similarly, make-search-dialog should not have to do all the futzing that it does. creating the frame unmapped, creating an extent and messing with the gutter: all this stuff should be hidden. you should have a simple function make-dialog-frame that takes a dialog specification, and that's all you need to do. also, these dialog boxes, and this function make-dialog-frame, should (a) be in dialog.el, not gutter-items.el. (b) when possible, be placed in the interactive spec of standard lisp functions rather than accessed directly from menubar-items.el (c) wrapped in calls to should-use-dialog-box-p, so the user has control over when dialog boxes appear. finally, once again i implore you to please fix your layout code so it's not necessary to specify widths and heights all over the place! -- Ben In order to save my hands, I am cutting back on my mail. I also write as succinctly as possible -- please don't be offended. If you send me mail, you _will_ get a response, but please be patient, especially for XEmacs-related mail. If you need an immediate response and it is not apparent in your message, please say so. Thanks for your understanding. See also http://www.666.com/ben/typing.html.