From: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>
To: Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
Cc: 7747@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#7747: Please put current file name in the prompt for rename-file
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 03:15:33 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTimxBEb0zARBUVvivON3XDUPVJvf+5AJFRuz6rsO@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87oc86fz1z.fsf@mail.jurta.org>
On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 2:47 AM, Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org> wrote:
>> The prompt for `rename-file' does not currently show the old file name
>> thought it is in the history for the prompt.
>
> Please try `M-x rename-file RET M-n'.
Yes, I know about that. What I mean is that this is very
counterintuitive for new users. They are used to have the name they
are renaming in the prompt (since that is what GUI software normally
do).
And I wonder whether the current behavior really helps old users most
of the time. I think most of the time I rename a file I just change
part of the file name.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-12-28 2:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-12-28 0:41 bug#7747: Please put current file name in the prompt for rename-file Lennart Borgman
2010-12-28 1:00 ` Drew Adams
2010-12-28 1:14 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-12-28 2:24 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-01-01 19:16 ` Lennart Borgman
2011-01-02 2:28 ` Lennart Borgman
2011-01-02 2:53 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-01-02 3:15 ` Lennart Borgman
2011-01-02 14:57 ` Juri Linkov
2010-12-28 1:47 ` Juri Linkov
2010-12-28 2:15 ` Lennart Borgman [this message]
2022-02-10 8:33 ` bug#7747: Allow choice of "default in M-n" vs "default in `initial'" Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-02-12 3:57 ` Richard Stallman
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