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bug#43865: mml-attach-file could call system file chooser
From: |
Robert Pluim |
Subject: |
bug#43865: mml-attach-file could call system file chooser |
Date: |
Mon, 12 Oct 2020 11:20:00 +0200 |
>>>>> On Sat, 10 Oct 2020 22:17:05 +0200, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
>>>>> said:
Lars> Kévin Le Gouguec <kevin.legouguec@gmail.com> writes:
>> I agree with Robert's interpretation of Dan's report here, this makes
>> sense to me as a feature request. Other Software™ usually present a
>> visual file chooser whether the user clicked File > Open or typed
>> Control+O, so some users could prefer the hypothetical 'always behaviour
>> Robert suggested.
Lars> I'm not opposed to a user option like that, but I do wonder whether
it'd
Lars> be used a lot: If `C-x C-f' popped up a graphical file chooser, I
think
Lars> I'd grow pretty tired of it.
You would, I would, but our hypothetical new user would be expecting
it.
Lars> Perhaps I closed this bug report prematurely -- Dan has a point here:
Lars> `C-c C-a' in Message is kinda special in one way, in that it's
commonly
Lars> used to insert images and the like into an email. For images, you
want
Lars> the graphical file chooser, because it often shows you thumbnails and
Lars> stuff.
Lars> With `C-x C-f', the overwhelming number of things you'd open would be
Lars> text files, and no thumbnails help with that.
This suggests we should have several options for this:
- never
- when invoked by mouse
- always
- only for specific commands
Robert
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- bug#43865: mml-attach-file could call system file chooser, (continued)
bug#43865: mml-attach-file could call system file chooser, Robert Pluim, 2020/10/08
bug#43865: mml-attach-file could call system file chooser, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2020/10/09
bug#43865: mml-attach-file could call system file chooser, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson, 2020/10/09