* C-x d: don't make user have to retype misspelled dirs
@ 2002-06-17 3:32 Dan Jacobson
2002-06-17 15:44 ` David Kastrup
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From: Dan Jacobson @ 2002-06-17 3:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
Idea: don't make the user type the whole thing over again if he
misspells something, e.g. here
C-x d / v a r / l o <return>
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* Re: C-x d: don't make user have to retype misspelled dirs
2002-06-17 3:32 C-x d: don't make user have to retype misspelled dirs Dan Jacobson
@ 2002-06-17 15:44 ` David Kastrup
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From: David Kastrup @ 2002-06-17 15:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
jidanni@deadspam.com (Dan Jacobson) writes:
> Idea: don't make the user type the whole thing over again if he
> misspells something, e.g. here
> C-x d / v a r / l o <return>
Type C-x C-v
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Email: David.Kastrup@t-online.de
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* Re: C-x d: don't make user have to retype misspelled dirs
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@ 2002-06-18 17:27 ` Dan Jacobson
2002-06-18 19:18 ` Dan Jacobson
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From: Dan Jacobson @ 2002-06-18 17:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
Dan> Idea: don't make the user type the whole thing over again if he
Dan> misspells something, e.g. here
Dan> C-x d / v a r / l o <return>
RMS> After doing that, type C-x d M-p to get back what you typed.
er, um, Checkmate: how come C-x C-r in the same situation will not let
the user get away with a RET here, and instead does the comfy cosy
coaxing thing, whereas C-x d does the parental punishment thing.
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* Re: C-x d: don't make user have to retype misspelled dirs
2002-06-18 17:27 ` Dan Jacobson
@ 2002-06-18 19:18 ` Dan Jacobson
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From: Dan Jacobson @ 2002-06-18 19:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
Dan> Idea: don't make the user type the whole thing over again if he
Dan> misspells something, e.g. here
Dan> C-x d / v a r / l o <return>
RMS> After doing that, type C-x d M-p to get back what you typed.
er, um, Checkmate: how come C-x C-r in the same situation will not let
the user get away with a RET here, and instead does the comfy cosy
coaxing thing, whereas C-x d does the parental punishment thing.
Kastrup> Type C-x C-v
But then I still have to retype /var/lo, as it wiped it out upon RET.
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* Re: C-x d: don't make user have to retype misspelled dirs
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@ 2002-06-21 2:27 ` Dan Jacobson
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2002-06-25 16:04 ` Kevin Rodgers
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From: Dan Jacobson @ 2002-06-21 2:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
Dan> er, um, Checkmate: how come C-x C-r in the same situation will not let
Dan> the user get away with a RET here, and instead does the comfy cosy
Dan> coaxing thing, whereas C-x d does the parental punishment thing.
RMS> I don't follow what you are saying about C-x C-r.
RMS> Would you please be more explicit?
$ ls -d /var/lo*
/var/local /var/lock /var/log /var/lost+found
C-x d / v a r / l o <return> C-x C-r / v a r / l o <return> <return>
Consider the treatment one gets on the first <return> vs. the second
and third. The former is like tough luck bub, whereas the latter is
VIP helping environment warm & fuzzy.
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* Re: C-x d: don't make user have to retype misspelled dirs
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@ 2002-06-21 23:52 ` Dan Jacobson
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From: Dan Jacobson @ 2002-06-21 23:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
Dan> C-x d / v a r / l o <return> C-x C-r / v a r / l o <return> <return>
Dan> Consider the treatment one gets on the first <return> vs. the second
Dan> and third. The former is like tough luck bub, whereas the latter is
Dan> VIP helping environment warm & fuzzy.
RMS> Do you mean the fact that it creates a buffer named `lo'?
Huh? You must have thought I typed C-x C-f. Are you not actually
typing my examples and instead using estimating? <sniff, and I thought
he was infallible>
Anyway, the idea is make C-x d have aforementioned warm & fuzzy
treatment, not just C-x C-r.
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* Re: C-x d: don't make user have to retype misspelled dirs
2002-06-21 2:27 ` Dan Jacobson
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@ 2002-06-25 16:04 ` Kevin Rodgers
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From: Kevin Rodgers @ 2002-06-25 16:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
Dan Jacobson wrote:
> Dan> er, um, Checkmate: how come C-x C-r in the same situation will not let
> Dan> the user get away with a RET here, and instead does the comfy cosy
> Dan> coaxing thing, whereas C-x d does the parental punishment thing.
>
> RMS> I don't follow what you are saying about C-x C-r.
> RMS> Would you please be more explicit?
>
> $ ls -d /var/lo*
> /var/local /var/lock /var/log /var/lost+found
>
> C-x d / v a r / l o <return> C-x C-r / v a r / l o <return> <return>
>
> Consider the treatment one gets on the first <return> vs. the second
> and third. The former is like tough luck bub, whereas the latter is
> VIP helping environment warm & fuzzy.
I believe this all comes back to the fact that there is only a single
`interactive' character code for reading a directory ("D"), and so
there isn't a way to distinguish between an existing directory and a
possibly nonexistent directory (cf. "f" and "F" for files). Neither
is there a read-directory-name analogue for read-file-name, which
accepts an optional MUSTMATCH argument.
--
Kevin Rodgers <kevinr@ihs.com>
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