bug#5010: 23.1.50; insert-file should be made FFAP aware

bug#5010: 23.1.50; insert-file should be made FFAP aware

[jidanni]

I put the cursor upon /etc/motd and C-x C-f knows about it, but C-x i
doesn't because ffap.el doesn't include it in its bindings.

In GNU Emacs 23.1.50.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.18.3)
 of 2009-11-15 on elegiac, modified by Debian
 (emacs-snapshot package, version 1:20091115-1)

bug#5010: 23.1.50; insert-file should be made FFAP aware

[Juri Linkov]

> I put the cursor upon /etc/motd and C-x C-f knows about it, but C-x i
> doesn't because ffap.el doesn't include it in its bindings.

And also `append-to-file', `write-file', `write-region', `load-file',
`recode-file-name', `make-directory', `delete-directory', `copy-directory'
and dozens of other commands that read a file or directory name.

I think we should now stop the madness of hunting for commands to make
FFAP aware.

With the patches I sent recently to emacs-devel it is possible to type
M-n in any file-reading prompt to pull the filename at point to the
minibuffer.  And later we could also add a dedicated key like e.g. `M-.'
to do the same.

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

bug#5010: marked as done (23.1.50; insert-file should be made FFAP aware)

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From: jidanni@jidanni.org
To: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org
Subject: 23.1.50; insert-file should be made FFAP aware
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:10:58 +0800
Message-ID: <87r5rrztul.fsf@jidanni.org>

I put the cursor upon /etc/motd and C-x C-f knows about it, but C-x i
doesn't because ffap.el doesn't include it in its bindings.

In GNU Emacs 23.1.50.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.18.3)
 of 2009-11-15 on elegiac, modified by Debian
 (emacs-snapshot package, version 1:20091115-1)


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From: Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
To: 5010-done@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
Cc: jidanni@jidanni.org
Subject: Re: bug#5010: 23.1.50; insert-file should be made FFAP aware
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:27:11 +0200
Message-ID: <87ljhu8vko.fsf@mail.jurta.org>

>> I put the cursor upon /etc/motd and C-x C-f knows about it, but C-x i
>> doesn't because ffap.el doesn't include it in its bindings.
>
> And also `append-to-file', `write-file', `write-region', `load-file',
> `recode-file-name', `make-directory', `delete-directory', `copy-directory'
> and dozens of other commands that read a file or directory name.
>
> I think we should now stop the madness of hunting for commands to make
> FFAP aware.

Now it's possible to type M-n in any file-reading minibuffer to pull
a file name at point to the minibuffer when ffap is loaded without
ffap-bindings.  Also there is a new command (currently unbound)
`minibuffer-insert-file-name-at-point'.

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