* insert-default-directory
@ 2004-01-26 4:13 Luc Teirlinck
2004-01-26 19:23 ` insert-default-directory Richard Stallman
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Luc Teirlinck @ 2004-01-26 4:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
I might be missing some obvious things, but I have the impression that
a nil value for the user option `insert-default-directory' is not very
well supported. The user can make `read-file-name' return an empty
string by erasing all inserted minibuffer contents. But if
`insert-default-directory' is nil and the INITIAL argument to
`read-file-name' is nil (as recommended) then there is no string to
erase and just typing RETURN with an empty minibuffer selects some
default value instead of "". This matters for certain commands. For
instance, I might be missing something, but I know of no convenient
and intuitive way to make the current buffer visit no file using M-x
set-visited-file-name if `insert-default-directory' is nil.
Other problem:
Start emacs -q
I then do:
(setq `insert-default-directory' nil)
(read-directory-name "Name: " "~/emacscvsdir/" nil t)
"emacscvsdir" is where I keep the Emacs CVS. That directory contains
a directory named "manual". I want to select that directory. I type
"manual" in the minibuffer. RETURN. It gets completed to "manual/".
Fine, I do not mind about the "/". RETURN. Instead of accepting
"manual/", `read-directory-name' now insists on trying to complete to
a subdirectory of the "manual" directory. The same problem occurs
when using `read-file-name' for directories.
With `insert-default-directory' set to t, `read-directory-name'
happily accepts "manual/" without trying completion. It even accepts
"manual" too.
Sincerely,
Luc.
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* Re: insert-default-directory
2004-01-26 4:13 insert-default-directory Luc Teirlinck
@ 2004-01-26 19:23 ` Richard Stallman
2004-01-27 3:04 ` insert-default-directory Luc Teirlinck
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Richard Stallman @ 2004-01-26 19:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: emacs-devel
I don't want to think about this issue; if you want to work on it,
please go ahead. Please install whatever you like, as long as
it only affects this the case where insert-default-directory is nil.
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* Re: insert-default-directory
2004-01-26 19:23 ` insert-default-directory Richard Stallman
@ 2004-01-27 3:04 ` Luc Teirlinck
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Luc Teirlinck @ 2004-01-27 3:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: emacs-devel
Richard Stallman wrote:
I don't want to think about this issue; if you want to work on it,
please go ahead. Please install whatever you like, as long as
it only affects this the case where insert-default-directory is nil.
I fixed it. I will still do some further testing before installing.
Sincerely,
Luc.
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