From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Reitter Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: C-x C-f, Tab (in)completion and visiting the wrong, new files Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 18:27:38 +0100 Message-ID: <10516580-F6DC-4B3C-9D5C-3FC46D9DE30F@gmail.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1186939674 13249 80.91.229.12 (12 Aug 2007 17:27:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 17:27:54 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs- devel Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 12 19:27:52 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IKHEF-0006rQ-Iy for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 12 Aug 2007 19:27:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IKHEE-0004oj-EJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 12 Aug 2007 13:27:50 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IKHEB-0004oa-6R for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Aug 2007 13:27:47 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IKHE9-0004oK-MO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Aug 2007 13:27:46 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IKHE9-0004oH-JH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Aug 2007 13:27:45 -0400 Original-Received: from fk-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.128.184]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IKHE9-0008LD-5j for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Aug 2007 13:27:45 -0400 Original-Received: by fk-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id 19so1221118fkr for ; Sun, 12 Aug 2007 10:27:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:content-type:message-id:content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; b=jEuJNk6kkNjBLOUE7xfJOF74mBHlygGDMH5eF8pAKQ/u6/FkMImf5e2Drp0WPRCv21cCsl/352qppESsSGVqVx4T8VtjHb8S0JMt7oPyz6Px7xO6FU7yRzngdxOdc24+fIHaouX6j3zZ5ZfT4wqZBdQA9CiAEyxEnC1cDka9sL0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:content-type:message-id:content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; b=K3Zk2scCtaTb0MEvtgDqOSh+vGMzTcHNmGEeCSK2Whpmzyz/1RlhrZyVcs4pgBrmWOkEucNTTeSN62FrDsJ1n3zCQ1IcE0yYWt7mZz9ic+IKDo5ow9Q2pEOj9OPVQi0eRrYj2hewCksgew8oP4+HHHV/YUKgyHtpagtFDiiCo9w= Original-Received: by 10.82.100.1 with SMTP id x1mr6052881bub.1186939661822; Sun, 12 Aug 2007 10:27:41 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from ?10.5.5.200? ( [84.9.229.35]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id c14sm5158352nfi.2007.08.12.10.27.39 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 12 Aug 2007 10:27:40 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Detected-Kernel: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:76381 Archived-At: On 12 Aug 2007, at 11:40, Johan Bockg=E5rd wrote: > David Reitter writes: > >> Usually that means that I have to kill it and start again > > C-x C-v Thanks, useful. The cursor is in an inconvenient place in the =20 minibuffer, though, even though I believe it's intended that way. > >> But if the same happens to others as well, perhaps a more general >> change could make Emacs more convenient in this respect. > > find-file-confirm-nonexistent-file Could be done, but I don't think adding another confirmation step for =20= new files (that are intended to be created) is as good as making the =20 right guess when the user uses completion and confirms an incomplete =20 (i.e. ambiguous) choice. This case may even be universal to all =20 completion-based minibuffer inputs.=