From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#7747: Please put current file name in the prompt for rename-file Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 17:00:47 -0800 Message-ID: <18DA5640211F43C3B3DE7C161ED13DE2@us.oracle.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1293499417 22277 80.91.229.12 (28 Dec 2010 01:23:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 01:23:37 +0000 (UTC) To: "'Lennart Borgman'" , <7747@debbugs.gnu.org> Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 28 02:23:33 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PXOHl-0003pc-8i for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 28 Dec 2010 02:23:33 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52144 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PXOHk-0004DX-K8 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 20:23:32 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=55019 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PXOHa-0004AS-2T for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 20:23:24 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PXOHZ-00032D-7j for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 20:23:22 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:57043) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PXOHZ-000329-28 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 20:23:21 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PXNqA-0008Rc-Cp; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 19:55:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: "Drew Adams" Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 00:55:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 7747 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 7747-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B7747.129349768632430 (code B ref 7747); Tue, 28 Dec 2010 00:55:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 7747) by debbugs.gnu.org; 28 Dec 2010 00:54:46 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PXNpu-0008R1-6l for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 19:54:46 -0500 Original-Received: from rcsinet10.oracle.com ([148.87.113.121]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PXNps-0008Qm-Iu for 7747@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 19:54:45 -0500 Original-Received: from rcsinet13.oracle.com (rcsinet13.oracle.com [148.87.113.125]) by rcsinet10.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.2) with ESMTP id oBS11WRQ013067 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 28 Dec 2010 01:01:33 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt354.oracle.com (acsmt354.oracle.com [141.146.40.154]) by rcsinet13.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.1) with ESMTP id oBS0OdOw024942; Tue, 28 Dec 2010 01:01:31 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt016.oracle.com by acsmt354.oracle.com with ESMTP id 909392721293498049; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 17:00:49 -0800 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/10.159.240.115) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 17:00:48 -0800 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-reply-to: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5994 Thread-Index: AcumKaOrbiq2upyLTlSS+/xka4eizgAAHDSg X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 19:55:02 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:42886 Archived-At: > The prompt for `rename-file' does not currently show the old file name What old file name? Which file is the "old file"? > Wouldn't it be better if the prompt should the current file name at init? What "current file"? You can use `rename-file' from anywhere in Emacs. Yes, if you use it from a file buffer or from Dired then a reasonable default value is provided. But that's all it is: a default value. We should treat this default value the same way we treat default values generally (i.e., most default values).