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Sure, File->Open invokes the system dialog. Not C-x C-f. Not automatic filename history, or tags table traversal, or perusal of the M-x grep results buffer, and
by quotemstr 12y ago
Sure, File->Open invokes the system dialog. Not C-x C-f. Not automatic filename history, or tags table traversal, or perusal of the M-x grep results buffer, and so on. Emacs is a generic runtime environment and needs generic file access.