From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#7747: Please put current file name in the prompt for rename-file Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 01:41:50 +0100 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1293497613 16480 80.91.229.12 (28 Dec 2010 00:53:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 00:53:33 +0000 (UTC) To: 7747@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 28 01:53:29 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 1PXNob-0004at-Qa for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 28 Dec 2010 01:53:26 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37881 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PXNob-0000Mk-D0 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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b=Dm79lVoGiqnYYEQgr/cVuN2el3lxEK8BogzkkJvYSGzrd+FrcC7BZ8Itn50bsug68O cRHggj4ZngMs0fjzGXIIxIlxbCOl/BdtRW+P0b62y3FcsxIO78Owl7WNC3rtcfX2wSlW 1zQyON4OwXPTZ4NaYc3sJ2HvKCD0rnU4MJYeQ= Original-Received: by 10.213.112.146 with SMTP id w18mr10298283ebp.84.1293496930437; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 16:42:10 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.213.20.148 with HTTP; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 16:41:50 -0800 (PST) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 19:36:02 -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:42884 Archived-At: The prompt for `rename-file' does not currently show the old file name thought it is in the history for the prompt. This is probably confusing for new users of the command. Wouldn't it be better if the prompt should the current file name at init? (This would be rather similar to what for example Windows Explorer does when are renaming a file. And I guess this is common to must GUI:s.) GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2010-12-15 on LENNART-69DE564