I guess I would if I had the knowledge. I was hoping the author of the 
package might help here since I'm assuming that person could do it much 
more efficiently.

Eric

On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 9:27:14 AM UTC-6, Tim Holy wrote:
>
> By all means, please improve the documentation! 
>
> --Tim 
>
> On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 07:09:33 AM Eric S wrote: 
> > Thanks, 
> > 
> > This is exactly what I want. The documentation for the Tk package 
> doesn't 
> > list all the available methods/functions. There needs to be a more 
> > discoverable method of finding them than asking in the user group. 
> > 
> > Eric 
> > 
> > On Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 6:55:52 PM UTC-6, j verzani wrote: 
> > > 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. 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon 
> > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon 
> > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_ref: assertion 
> > >>> 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon 
> > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon 
> > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_ref: assertion 
> > >>> 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon 
> > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon 
> > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_ref: assertion 
> > >>> 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon 
> > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon 
> > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_ref: assertion 
> > >>> 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon 
> > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon 
> > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_ref: assertion 
> > >>> 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon 
> > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon 
> > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_ref: assertion 
> > >>> 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon 
> > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon 
> > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_ref: assertion 
> > >>> 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon 
> > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon 
> > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_ref: assertion 
> > >>> 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: 
> assertion 
> > >>> 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon 
> > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon 
> > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_ref: assertion 
> > >>> 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: 
> assertion 
> > >>> 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon 
> > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon 
> > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_ref: assertion 
> > >>> 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: 
> assertion 
> > >>> 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon 
> > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon 
> > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_ref: assertion 
> > >>> 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: 
> assertion 
> > >>> 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon 
> > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon 
> > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_ref: assertion 
> > >>> 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: 
> assertion 
> > >>> 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon 
> > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon 
> > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_ref: assertion 
> > >>> 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: 
> assertion 
> > >>> 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon 
> > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon 
> > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_ref: assertion 
> > >>> 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: 
> assertion 
> > >>> 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon 
> > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon 
> > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_ref: assertion 
> > >>> 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> (<unknown>:2678): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: 
> assertion 
> > >>> 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed 
>
>

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