You can try `GetOpenFile`, `GetSaveFile`, or `ChooseDirectory` in the Tk.jl
package. They all return a file name or "" if canceled. If you have other
calls you want, these are just simple wrappers. For example, `GetOpenFile()
= tcl("tk_getOpenFile")`.
On Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 6:56:21 PM UTC-5, Eric S wrote:
>
> I did try the Tk package instead. The message dialog look a lot better,
> but there is nothing in the documentation which suggests how to get at Tk's
> askopenfile or other dialogs. Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Eric
>
> On Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 5:22:19 PM UTC-6, Eric S wrote:
>>
>> I'm enjoying Julia, but one thing I'm missing is standard file open and
>> file save dialogs. I've found the Gtk package and tried that. It does
>> indeed generate a file dialog, but it is really ugly and nonstandard (on OS
>> X) and also generates the following error like messages in the terminal
>> (below). Perhaps there is something wrong with my installation.
>>
>> Is there something like how R works where you can just type ">
>> file.choose()" and a nice file picker dialog comes up.
>>
>> -Eric
>>
>> Gtk-Message: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is
>> discouraged.
>>
>>
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>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme
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>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme
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>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme
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>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme
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>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme
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>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme
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>> 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
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>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme
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>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme
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>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme
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>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme
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>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme
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>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme
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>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme
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>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme
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>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme
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>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme
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>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme
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