From: "Stefan Monnier" <monnier+gnu/emacs@RUM.cs.yale.edu>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Reading directory names with read-file-name
Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 18:47:07 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200205182247.g4IMl7k14164@rum.cs.yale.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 5xy9eh820e.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk
> I propose to add a sixth argument READ-DIR to read-file-name
I agree that we need some way to implement read-directory-name,
but I find those functions with never-ending lists of arguments
rather annoying and would rather not add yet-another-one.
> The completion in read-file-name-internal should (somehow)
> be aware of this and only return completions which are
> directories (i.e. having a trailing /).
The "somehow" part is rather interesting. A seemingly trivial way
would be to use the `predicate' argument passed to completing-read
(and then to read-file-name-internal), except that that argument is
already (ab)used to pass the current-directory to use when completing.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-05-18 22:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-05-18 23:33 Reading directory names with read-file-name Kim F. Storm
2002-05-18 22:47 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2002-05-18 23:00 ` Paul Eggert
2002-05-19 19:40 ` Richard Stallman
2002-05-19 23:20 ` Kim F. Storm
2002-05-20 0:50 ` Kim F. Storm
2002-05-20 21:33 ` Richard Stallman
2002-05-23 22:04 ` Kim F. Storm
2002-05-23 21:24 ` Stefan Monnier
2002-05-23 22:44 ` Kim F. Storm
2002-05-24 21:14 ` Richard Stallman
2002-05-24 21:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2002-05-28 23:11 ` Kim F. Storm
2002-05-24 21:14 ` Richard Stallman
2002-05-24 22:02 ` Stefan Monnier
2002-05-20 21:33 ` Richard Stallman
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