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From: Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
Subject: Re: find-alternate-file can't handle wildcards
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 22:22:52 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zn0wa1r8.fsf@jurta.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <wtw1vq2s.fsf@blue.sea.net> (Jari Aalto's message of "Wed, 01 Dec 2004 20:19:39 +0200")

Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net> writes:
> Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org> writes:
> | Make (find-alternate-file "/usr/share/doc/exim4-doc-*") handle wildcards
> | just like dired! Currently: File not found and directory write-protected
>
> C-x C-v is used to replace the _current_ file, not to replace current
> file with multiple files.

This is how it currently works.  But I see no reason not to allow
users to replace the current file with multiple files that match
wildcards.

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/

  reply	other threads:[~2004-12-02 20:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <mailman.2265.1101762244.27204.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2004-12-01 18:19 ` find-alternate-file can't handle wildcards Jari Aalto
2004-12-02 20:22   ` Juri Linkov [this message]
2004-12-08  2:07     ` Juri Linkov
2004-12-02 17:51 ` Kevin Rodgers
2004-11-29  0:43 Dan Jacobson

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