[h-e-w] Re: Traditional find-file vs. file open dialog?

[John Paul Wallington]

Rob Allen <address@hidden> wrote:
 
> Unfortunately, use-dialog-box only applies to commands initiated using
> the mouse.
> 
> How do I get gnu emacs to use the dialog box for the keyboard command
> c-x,c-f ?

Maybe you can bind `last-nonmenu-event' to nil at the right moment?

This appears to work in LessTif (lightly tested):

(defadvice read-file-name (around use-dialog activate)
  "Always use file selection dialog, if `use-dialog-box' is non-nil."
  (let ((last-nonmenu-event nil))
    ad-do-it))

-- 
John Paul Wallington