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 03:15:33 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87oc86fz1z.fsf@mail.jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1293503010 820 80.91.229.12 (28 Dec 2010 02:23:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 02:23:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 7747@debbugs.gnu.org To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 28 03:23:26 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 1PXPDi-0003y5-1Y for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 28 Dec 2010 03:23:26 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38259 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PXPDh-0005mZ-DI for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 21:23:25 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=36252 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PXPDd-0005mG-5q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 21:23:22 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PXPDb-0003d1-VJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 21:23:21 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:58502) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PXPDb-0003cw-SZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 21:23:19 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PXP0k-0001vi-Ls; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 21:10:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lennart Borgman 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 02:10:02 +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=B7747.12935021487331 (code B ref 7747); Tue, 28 Dec 2010 02:10:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 7747) by debbugs.gnu.org; 28 Dec 2010 02:09:08 +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 1PXOzq-0001uB-Tk for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 21:09:07 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-ew0-f44.google.com ([209.85.215.44]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PXOzp-0001tc-DK for 7747@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 21:09:05 -0500 Original-Received: by ewy8 with SMTP id 8so4467357ewy.3 for <7747@debbugs.gnu.org>; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 18:15:54 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:mime-version:received:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=oiOgsRAEUeC05dJV/IA8adu1AzdJmpIHDoNpH0/D3XI=; b=mP6hBZQ0UHmfWt9C+N4wfXzZkRW/YmF+zceSsL2Cj9wl2KahrJ3BUCnm9UpVXZeP71 fg52ILoXBaFwIlLHMEDgrQCwYya+tu0rgygYo0p1J2/HZiTFGTH7fePBmOI32hbKwG7q 6Rf9YMjGTInKDkHVzNvZ5l1B7+6wbRF9uI6Ws= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; b=gigE8U95z6fXKJgODnVQtB+HDGvuNn3BptMm6COlNHPE5Gbr7S7ZuLXeY0CjYOX5F4 +jB117VTcgKwrTdtqsndN8redBmQcHbw3kyNhKlJYBypGeEY05nwYyhe7qJqmc6LEmmD W/a7RYymBzG6RdMb70Ovh1F6aUoKnMbbbLNiQ= Original-Received: by 10.213.2.198 with SMTP id 6mr210065ebk.71.1293502554011; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 18:15:54 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.213.20.148 with HTTP; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 18:15:33 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87oc86fz1z.fsf@mail.jurta.org> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 21:10:02 -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:42890 Archived-At: On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 2:47 AM, Juri Linkov 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.